Yrða

elfr

nafnorðkvenkyn
, elfar, elfi,
1. a name of the three rivers called Elbe, Albis, Gaut-Elfr, the Elb of the Gauts (a people) = the River Gotha of the present time; Sax-E., the Elb of the Saxons, the Elbe; Raum-E., the Elb of the Raums (a people in Norway), the present Glommen and Wormen, 3, 42. i. 6, ii. 128, iii. 40, iv. 121, ix. 350, 393, 401, x. 292: Elfar-bakki, the bank of one of these Elbes, 3, ix. 269, 274; Elfinar-bakki, i. 19;, of the river Ochil in Scotland, is a false reading = Ekkjals-bakki, vide 12.
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2. used of any great river, (rare in but in )
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • pr.proper, properly.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • viz.namely.
  • Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
  • i. e.id est.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • meton.metonomy, metonomically.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • mod.modern.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Bær.Bærings saga. (G. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)