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dalr1

nafnorðkarlkyn
s, , old dalar, dala, 19, 42, i. 46; the C still uses the phrase, vestr í Dala; the form (but also used in old writers) is dalir, dali, 28; old dali, Hallr í Haukadali, 14, 17; í Þjórsárdali, í Örnólfsdali, 8, 17; dal; dali became obsolete even in old writers, except the earliest, as Ari: [ dals = φάραγξ, Luke iii. 10, and βόθυνον, vi. 39; dæl; dale; tal (thal); also dalaþ = κάτω, and dala above; up og dal, up hill and down dale, is an old phrase]:—a dale; phrase, djúpir dalir, deep dales, ; dali döggótta, bedewed dales, ; the proverbial saying, láta dal mæta hóli, let dale meet hill, ‘diamond cut diamond,’ 134, iv. 225: dalr is used of a dent or hole in a skull, dalr er í hnakka, iii. (in a verse): the word is much used in local names, Fagri-dalr, Fair-dale; Breið-dalr, Broad-dale; Djúpi-dalr, Deep-dale; Þver-dalr, Cross-dale; Langi-dalr, Lang-dale; Jökul-dalr, Glacier-dale, ( Langdale, Borrodale. Wensleydale, in ); ‘Dale’ is a name of dale counties, Breiðatjarðar-dalir, or Dalir simply, : speak of Dala-menn, ‘Dales-men’ (as in lake district); dala-fífl, a dale-fool, one brought up in a mean or despised dale, iii. 1 : the parts of a dale are distinguished, dals-botn, the bottom of a dale, ii. 19; dals-öxl, the shoulder of a dale; dals-brún, the brow, edge of a dale; dals-hlíðar, the sides, slopes of a dale; dala-drög, the head of a dale; dals-mynni, the mouth of a dale, viii. 57; dals-barmr, the ‘dale-rim,’ = dals-brún; dals-eyrar, the gravel beds spread by a stream over a dale, :—in poetry, snakes are called dale-fishes, dal-reyðr, dal-fiskr, dal-ginna, , [It is interesting to notice that patronymic words derived from ‘dale’ are not formed with an e (vowel change of a), but an œ, æ (vowel change of ó), Lax-dœlir, Vatns-dœlir, Hauk-dœlir, Hit-dœlir, Sýr-dœll, Svarf-dœlir …, the men from Lax(ár)dalr, Vatnsdal, Haukadal, Hitardal, ; the Norse Dölen = man from a dale; this points to an obsolete root word analogous to ala, ól, bati, bót; vide the glossaries of names to the Sagas, that to the ]
II. a dollar () = Joachims-thaler, Joachims-thal being the place where the first dollars were coined.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • mod.modern.
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • sing.eintala (e. singular)
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • Germ.German.
  • cp.compare.
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • allit.alliteration, alliterative.
  • l. c.loco citato.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • North. E.Northern English.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • sqq.following.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • esp.especially.
  • Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
  • Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • Hkv. Hjörv.Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
  • Íb.Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
  • Hbl.Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.