dreyri
nafnorðkarlkyn
and drøri, a, [as to the root, drjúsan, draus, = to drop, fall, a verb analogous to frjósa, fraus, and fröri; this strong verb is lost in the , only the weak dreyra is used; dreôr = gore; trôr:—are dreôrig, dreary, from the same root, in a sense?]:—blood, gore, properly blood oozing out of the wound; vekja e-m dreyra, to bleed one, vii. 145; nú vökva þeir sér blóð, ok láta renna saman dreyra sinn. 11; manna d., human blood, xi. 233; the phrase, rauðr sem dreyri, = dreyr-rauðr, red as blood, dark red, v. 127; rauðr d., 33: , er hann etr hold mitt ok drekkr dreyra minn, 625. 195; dreyrinn dundi, the blood gushed, 23. 3: phrases, dals d., jarðar d., the blood of the dales, earth, rivers, ; Kvásis d., the blood of K., poetry, .
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.compare.
- Goth.Gothic.
- pret.þátíð (e. preterite)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Engl.English.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- esp.especially.
- i. e.id est.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- poët.poetically.
- COMPDsamsett orð (e. compound)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Pass.Passiu-Sálmar.
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)