fljót
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ fleôt = ostium; the Fleet River in London, whence Fleet Street, Northfleet and Southfleet in Kent; fliess, usually fluss, whence flod]:—in old writers scarcely used except as a name of a river, Markar-fljót (and simply Fljót) in the south of , whence Fljóts-hlíð, the county, and passim; and the county Fljót () in the north of , whence Fljóta-menn, the men from Fljót, i. 138: in usage it may be used as an appell. a river, as in and , but scarcely except in poetry, Núm. 7. 1.
2. á fljóti, afloat, iv. 65; better á floti, vide flot.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.compare.
- Germ.German.
- Dan.Danish.
- pr.proper, properly.
- viz.namely.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- mod.modern.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)