Yrða

faðmr

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ faþa = φραγμός; fæðem; fathom; fadam; faden or fadem = filum; favn; famn; the root is akin to that of πετάννυμι, patere, pandere, to stretch out]:—a fathom:
1. a measure = two passus, 732. 5, ii. 262, 336, 35, 131, viii. 416, 43, 14; very used in measuring depths or heights; thus fertugt djúp, þrítugr hamarr, invariably means forty fathoms deep, thirty fathoms high; whereas roads are measured by ‘fet’, stuffs, by ‘ells’.2. the arms; brjóst ok , v. 344, i. 214, 16, 9, 73; sofa í faðmi e-m, to sleep in one’s arms, 114; hafa barn í faðmi, vii. 31: the bosom, 260. Exod. iv. 6: often in the phrase, fallask í faðma, to square one thing with another, set off against, 307, 224, 396, i. 696, 139, 19.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • cp.compare.
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Germ.German.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Gr.Greek.
  • prop.proper, properly.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • Hb.Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Eluc.Elucidarium. (F. II.)
  • Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • Rm.Rígsmál. (A. II.)
  • Th.Theophilus. (F. III.)
  • Am.Atla-mál. (A. II.)
  • Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
  • Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Glúm.Víga-Glúms saga. (D. II.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Gullþ.Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)