Yrða

eyra

nafnorðhvorugkyn
, eyru, eyrna, [ auris; ausô: eâre; ear; ôra; ohr; öra, öron; öre, ören]:—an ear; eyrum hlýðir, en augum skoðar, he listens with his ears, but looks with his eyes, 7:—proverbs, mörg eru konungs eyru, many are the king’s ears, 252; þar eru eyru sæmst sem óxu, the ears fit best where they grow, a place for everything and everything in its place, 80; láta inn um eitt eyrat en út um hitt, to let a thing in at one ear and out at the other; láta e-t sem vind um eyrun þjóta, to let a thing blow like the wind about one’s ears, heed it not; Grími var sem við annat eyrat gengi út þat er Þorsteinn mælti, Brand. 60; svá var sem Kálfi færi um annat eyrat út þótt hann heyrði slíkt talað, xi. 46; skjóta skolla-eyrum við e-u, to turn a fox’s ear (a deaf ear) to a thing; þar er mér úlfs ván er ek eyru sé’k, I can guess the wolf when I see his ears, 35, 244; við eyra e-m, under one’s nose, 100; mæla í e. e-m, to speak into one’s ear, Fg. 549; hafa nef í eyra e-m, to put one’s nose in one’s ear, to be a tell-tale, 57; leiða e-n af eyrum, to get rid of one, Ísl. ii. 65; setja e-n við eyra e-m, to place a person at one’s ear, of an unpleasant neighbour, 100; setr (hnefann) við eyra Hými, gave Hymir a box on the ear, 36; e-m loðir e-t í eyrum, it cleaves to one’s ears, one remembers, i. 163; reisa, sperra eyrun, to prick up the ears, ; koma til eyrna e-m, to come to one’s ears, 64; roðna út undir bæði eyru, to blush from ear to ear.
II. some part of a ship, (Gl.)
β. a handle, on a pot.γ. , óhljóðs-eyru, the auricles of the heart.δ. hunds-eyru, dogs-ears (in a book).
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