gagr
lýsingarorð
bowed back; this obsolete word is still used in Norway, gag ljaa, of a scythe; gagt menneska, a conceited man; gaga, to throw the head back: in compds as gag-háls, People in say, hnakka-kertr, one who throws the neck back, but keikr of bending the backbone back; standa keikr, where the Norse say standa gag. The explanation in is guess-work, as the word is not in use in , vide remarks on the word by Bugge in Oldn. Tidsskrift.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- cp.compare.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.