fyrirrúm
nafnorðhvorugkynfyrir-rúm
the first room or chief cabin in old ships of war, in the after part of the ship next the lypting, as is clear from passages such as, þá hljóp Ólafr konungr ór lyptingunni ok í fyrirrúmit, x. 360; hann sat aptr i fyrirrúminu, vii. 185, viii. 223, x. 360, 362, i. 302, 148:—but 113 (new ), speaking of a boat pulled by three men, distinguishes between háls, fyrirrúm, skutr, bow, midship ( miðskipa), and stern, fyrirrúms-menn, one placed in the , midshipman, vii. 223, viii. 224:— phrase, hafa e-ð í fyrirrúmi, to keep a thing in the fore-hold, to give preference to it.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- mod.modern.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- cp.compare.
- Engl.English.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- i. e.id est.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)