dreki
nafnorðkarlkyn
a, [from the δράκων; draco; draca; drache; dragon; drake; drage]:—a dragon, 160, 656 A, 4; this word, which undoubtedly is of foreign origin, is however very old; it occurs in 65 (there is no reason to suspect the genuineness of this verse); it is most used by poets of the 10th and 11th centuries, and is especially used of ships of war bearing a dragon’s head as beaks. ii. 179, 182, 217, 303, iv. 354, v. 311, vi. 314, 360, vii. 51, 109, 248, x. 36, 77, 204–206, xi. 45, 375.
β. the constellation Scorpion, 408.2. a small anchor.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Gr.Greek.
- Lat.Latin.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.German.
- Engl.English.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Dan.Danish.
- ch.chapter.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- naut.nautical.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Gullþ.Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)