ekkjusonr
nafnorðkarlkynekkju-sonr
a widow’s son, 656 A. ii. In 108 there is a distinction between hæll, a widow whose husband is slain, and ekkja, the widow of one who died a natural death; hæll is merely a word and obsolete, but ekkja is in full use. In old poetry ekkja is used = a lass, girl, Lapp. akka = mulier; also
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- poët.poetically.
- cp.compare.
- Lat.Latin.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.