gáta
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, [geta; gaade; gåta], a guessing; til-gáta, a suggestion; get-gáta, guess-work, but in old writers scarcely used in this sense.
II. a riddle, 411, i. 464 ; bera upp gátu, to ask a riddle; ráða gátu, to read a riddle; hence the saying, myrk er óráðin gáta, mirk (dark) is an unread riddle, i. 226; koll-gáta, in the phrase, eiga kollgátuna, to guess the riddle; geta í kollinn.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Dan.Danish.
- Swed.Swedish.
- sqq.following.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.compare.
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)