Yrða

fold

nafnorðkvenkyn
[ folde; field, feld], a field of soft grass; flata-foldir, fields, ii. 79; hence fyldinn, , Foldir, local name of a grassy oasis in western ; rare in prose, but in poetry:—generally the earth, 11, 57, 24, 5, 97 (in a verse); á foldu, on earth, Hyndl. 40.
II. the name of a fjord and county in Norway, the modern Christjania-fjord; Vest-fold, West-fold, a county; perhaps ‘fold’ is to be taken in this sense, = fjörðr in 138.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • cp.compare.
  • Engl.English.
  • Germ.German.
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • viz.namely.
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Alm.Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
  • Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
  • Hým.Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
  • Haustl.Haustlöng. (A. I.)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)