djarfr
lýsingarorð
[ dirfa above; derbi or derui = audax, improbus; High derb = hard is a different word, answering to þeorf, and originally meant unleavened (of bread); kindred words are, dare, daring, θαρρειν]:—bold, daring, but also in a bad sense, audacious, impudent; d. í orrustum, bold in battle, 16; d. ok dularfullr, impudent and arrogant, i. 75; at Ólafr digri mundi eigi svá d. vera at…, so foolishly daring, iv. 107; nú ver eigi síðan svá d., at þú talir ósæmilig orð við Harald, be not so presumptuous as to speak unseeming words to Harold, vii. 168; firna djörf kona ertú ok heimsk, impudent and foolish, xi. 54; djarfastr (boldest) ok bezt hugaðr, 16; víg-djarfr, sókn-djarfr, hug-djarfr, valiant; u-djarfr, shy.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- cp.compare.
- Hel.Heliand.
- mod.modern.
- Germ.German.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- Gr.Greek.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)