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ey

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eyjar; eyju and ey, with the article eyinni and eyjunni; ey; eyjar, eyja, eyjum; in Norway spelt and öy; [ öe; ö; öy; aue; eyot, leas-ow, êg-land, is-land; in local names -ea or -ey, Chels-ea, Batters-ea, Cherts-ey, Thorn-ey, Osn-ey, Aldern-ey, Orkn-ey, ]:—an island, ii. 299, 172, 218, ii. 131, 12; eyjar nef, the ‘neb’ or projection of an island, iii. 316.
2. in various compds; varp-ey, an island where wild birds lay eggs; eyði-ey, a deserted island; heima-ey, a home island; bæjar-ey, an inhabited island; út-eyjar, islands far out at sea; land-eyjar, an island in an inlet, : a small island close to a larger one is called a calf (eyjar-kálfr), the larger island being regarded as the cow, (so the southernmost part of the Isle of Man is called the Calf of Man): it is curious that ‘islanders’ are usually not called eyja-menn (islandmen), but eyjar-skeggjar, ‘island-beards;’ this was doubtless originally meant as a nickname to denote the strange habits of islanders, i. 519 (in a verse), 151, 656 C. 22, ii. 169, viii. 283, 47 new ; but eyja-menn, , 228, 316 (and in usage), also Götu-skeggjar, the men of Gata, a family, ; eyja-sund, a sound or narrow strait between two islands, 93, ii. 64, 298.3. in local names: from the shape, Lang-ey, Flat-ey, Há-ey, Drang-ey: from cattle, birds, beasts, Fær-eyjar, Lamb-ey, Sauð-ey, Hrút-ey, Yxn-ey, Hafr-ey, Svín-ey, Kið-ey, Fugl-ey, Arn-ey, Æð-ey, Má-ey, Þern-ey, Úlf-ey, Bjarn-ey: from vegetation, Eng-ey, Akr-ey, Við-ey, Brok-ey, Mos-ey: from the quarters of heaven, Austr-ey, Norðr-ey, Vestr-ey, Suðr-ey ( Sudor): an island at ebb time connected with the main land is called Örfiris-ey, Öffurs-ey ( Orfir in the Orkneys): from other things, Fagr-ey, Sand-ey, Straum-ey, Vé-ey (Temple Isle), Eyin Helga, the Holy Isle ( Enhallow in the Orkneys). Eyjar is often used κατ ἐξοχήν of the Western Isles, Orkneys, Shetland, and Sudor, hence Eyja-jarl, earl of the Isles ( Orkneys), (); in southern it is sometimes used of the Vestmanna eyjar.
β. in old poets ey is a favourite word in circumlocutions of women, vide ; and in poetical diction ey is personified as a goddess, the sea being her girdle, the glaciers her head-gear; hence the poetical compd ey-kona. For tales of wandering islands, and giants removing islands from one place to another, vide i. 209.
4. in female names, Þór-ey, Bjarg-ey, : but if prefixed—as in Eyj-úlfr, Ey-steinn, Ey-mundr, Ey-vindr, Ey-dís, Ey-fríðr, Ey-vör, Ey-þjófr, —ey belongs to a different root.: eyjaklasi.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • proncd.pronounced.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Germ.German.
  • cp.compare.
  • Engl.English.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Ed.edition, editions, edited.
  • mod.modern.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • i. e.id est.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • pr.proper, properly.
  • COMPDsamsett orð (e. compound)
  • Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
  • Fær.Færeyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
  • Valla L.Valla Ljóts saga. (D. II.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
  • Ísl. Þjóðs.Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.