Yrða

fjörðr

nafnorðkarlkyn
, fjarðar; firði; firðir, fjarða: fjörðu, firði: [Swed.-Dan. fjord; and firth, frith; ford is a kindred word, but not identical]:—a firth, bay, a word; but a small crescent-formed inlet or creek is called vík, and is less than fjörðr, hence the saying, fjörðr milli frænda, en vík milli vina, let there be a firth between kinsmen, but a creek between friends, denoting that kinship is not always so trustworthy as friendship: the phrase, fjall ok fjörðr, vide fjall; in and local names combined with some other word expressing the shape, , Breiði-f., Mjófi-f., Djúpi-f., Grunni-f., Eyja-f., Lima-f. or Eylíma-f., Arnar-f., Alpta-f., Vatns-f., In and old countries the shore districts are divided into counties, bearing the name of the firth, just as the inland is divided into dales; thus Eyja-f. and Skaga-f. denote both the firth and the county bordering on the firth. The western and eastern parts of are called Vest-firðir and Aust-firðir; in Norway a county is called Firðir; 324 , where over a hundred names of fjords are recorded, (Index), and the Sagas: fjarða-gol, a breeze blowing off a fjord, 203, iv. 302; fjarðar-botn, the bottom or head of a fjord, 188; fjarðar-horn, the creek at the head of a fjord, 55, also as a local name; fjarðar-íss, fjord-ice, 242, i. 327; fjarðar-kjöptr or fjarðar-minni, the mouth (opening) of a fjord, i. 121, iii. 118; fjarðar-menn, the inhabitants of a fjord county, ii. 199.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • mod.modern.
  • North. E.Northern English.
  • Scot.Scottish.
  • Engl.English.
  • Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
  • allit.alliteration, alliterative.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • cp.compare.
  • sqq.following.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
  • Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
  • Fær.Færeyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)