flói
nafnorðkarlkyn
a, [Norse flaa-vand, flaa-bygd; the Kelpie’s flow in Scott’s Bride of Lammermoor; also the ice-floe of Arctic navigators]:—a marshy moor, Ísl. ii. 345, iv. 359, ii. 280; fúa-flói, a rotten fen; flóa-barð, the edge of a ; flóa-skítr, = flóð-skítr; flóa-sund, a strip of moor; and many other
β. a district in the south of , hence Flóa-menn, the men of F., and Flóa-manna Saga, u, the name of a Saga.II. a bay or large firth, 7 new : in local names, Stranda-flói, 13 new ; Húna-flói, iii. 58 ; Faxa-f. (old Faxa-óss). Flóa-fundr, the battle in F., , —Deep water in a bay is also called flói, to the shallow water near the coast, Bjarneyja-flói.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.compare.
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- compds.samsett orð (e. compounds)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- sqq.following.
- opp.opposed.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Þórð.Þórðar saga hreðu. (D. V.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Ann.Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)