Yrða

döf

nafnorðkvenkyn
, dafar, the rump, doup; hér yfir skipunum uppi mættusk döfin ok höfuðit dýrsins (of a bear), ii. 172, while 510 has dausin; Norse dov = rump, .
2. a kind of spear, (Gl.), 4, 14.II. [ dafna, and däfven = moist], suck (?) and rest, in the phrase, vær döf, sweet rest; milli Belindar brjósta-kúlna búið hefi eg þér væra döf, 67; hreppa væra döf, sweet rest (of one dead), Feðga-æfi, 83 (in a verse).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Scot.Scottish.
  • cp.compare.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • poët.poetically.
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Akv.Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Grönd.Benedikt Gröndal.