dilkr
nafnorðkarlkyn
a sucking lamb, 137, Þorst. St. 51, i. 417, ii. 307, in the last passage also of sucking pigs, calves or kids; kvíga (a ‘quey’ or young cow) með tvá dilka, Ísl. ii. 401; in households the lambs are separated from the mother in June, this is called ‘færa frá,’ the time ‘fráfærur,’ the lamb ‘fráfæru-lamb;’ the lambs that are left with the mother all the summer are called ‘dilkar’ as to ‘fráfæru-lamb.’
2. the small folds all round a great sheepfold.
β. the phrase, e-t dregr dilk eptir sér, it brings trouble in its train.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- opp.opposed.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)