dymbildagar
nafnorðkarlkyndymbil-dagar
the ‘dumb-bell days,’ the three days before Easter; hence dymbildaga-vika, u, [ dymmel-vecka; dimmel-uge], Passion week, i. 71, x. 72, i. 491, i. 25; during the dymbildagar the bells in were rung with a wooden tongue called dymbill, ; a dymbill is often mentioned among the inventories of churches of the 14th century, kirkja á dymbil, 47, 51: it is, however, likely that the word dymbill itself is simply derived from the dumb-bell, as in the Roman church the bells were dumb or muffled in the Passion week: (Lex.) mentions that in the century before his time people used to strike the time to a dance with the dymbill. It was also an old custom that the father of a house inflicted a general chastisement on his children and household on Good Friday for the sins of the past year, gently or strongly as they had been obedient or not; hence the popular phrase, líðr að dimbildögum, or koma dymbildagar, = the dimmel-days are nigh, the day of reckoning will surely come; iv. 180, 181 (note).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- i. e.id est.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
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- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
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- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Vm.Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- BjörnBiörn Halldórsson.