flet
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ and flat = a story of a house; fled in fled-föring; flett = aula; flazi; fletti = coenaculum, domus; fletz]:—a set of rooms or benches, and hence the house itself; often in , chiefly used in poetry and in law.
1. rooms; flet fagrlig, 6; sitja á fleti fyrir, 1; ef lengi sitr annars fletjum á, 34; flets strá, rooms strewed with straw, 46; setjask miðra fletja, to be seated in the middle, 4; vaxa upp á fletjum, 34; láttu á flet vaða gull-skálir, let the golden goblets go round the benches (as the loving cup), 10; stýra fletjum, to dwell, keep house, 10; bera hrör af fletjum, to lift and carry a body out of the house, to bury, 4; um flet ok um bekki, ii. 164.2. in law phrases, a house; setja hann niðr bundinn á flet sýslu-manns, to place him bound in the bailiff’s house, 147, 534; þá skulu þeir hafa vitni til, ok setja þann mann bundinn á flet hans, i. 162, of compulsory alimentation, fled-föring; er dóttir hans á fleti, if he has a daughter in the house, 341; ganga á flet ok á borð e-s, to board and lodge with one, ii. 442.3. a couch, in the phrase, rísa ór fleti, to rise up from bed, of a lazy fellow, 14; the word agrees with the use of flet, a flat bed on the floor, = flat-sæng.: fletbjörn and fletvargr.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- cp.compare.
- Scot.Scottish.
- Engl.English.
- Dan.Danish.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Hel.Heliand.
- mod.modern.
- provinc.provincial.
- Germ.German.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Vtkv.Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ls.Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Rm.Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Akv.Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Helr.Helreið Brynhildar. (A. II.)
- Stor.Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Gullþ.Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)