Yrða

gangr

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ gong; gang = a walk, journey; gang; gång; gehen]:—a going, walking, 370; vera á gangi, to be walking to and fro, 153: , röng eru mál á gangi, bad reports are going about, i. (in a verse); vápn á gangi, weapons clashing (vide II. 2. below), ii. 8; þá var hvert járn á gangi, i. 212:—gefit mér gang, give me way, passage, let me go, xi. 275, 347:—pace, a horseman’s term, engan (hest) hafa þeir slíkan séð bæði sakir gangs ok vaxtar, 422: say, það er enginn g. í honum, he has no pacing or ambling in him; or gang-lauss, not pacing:—grazing, úti-g., útigangs-hestr, to a stall-fed horse:—course, of the sun, stars, moon, gangr himin-tungla, (), hence sólar-g., the course of the sun above the horizon = day; stuttr, lítill, langr sólar-g., a short, long day:—course, of money.
II. ,
1. a going onward, prevailing, being in vogue; hafa mikinn gang, to be much in vogue, 87; heldr er vaxandi g. at þeim, they were rather on the increase, 66; þótti þeim hann hafa ofmikinn gang (favour) af konungi, ii. 54; með-g., good luck; mót-g., adversity; upp-g., thrift; á-gangr, inroad; yfir-g., tyranny.2. rapid or furious going; þá var svá mikill gangr at um aptr-göngur Þórólfs, at …, the huntings of (a ghost) went so far, that …, 314; ok nú görisk svá mikill g. at, 151; svá görðisk mikill g. at þessu, 174; svá mikill g. var orðinn at eldinum, the fire had got to such a height, i. 445; elds-g., fire; vápna-g., a clash of weapons; vatna-g., a rush, flood of water; öldu-g., sjáfar-g., high waves; brim-g., furious surf; skriðu-g., desolation from earth-slips; berserks-g., berserker fury:—trampling, horns g. ok hófs, ii. 122.3. law term, a process; laga-g., 201, rare in old writers, but in , rettergang.4. a discharge, from the stomach; vall-gangr, excrement; þarfa-g., urine; þeir vóru sumir er drukku gang sinn, 168; niðr-g., diarrhoea; upp-g., expectoration:—a privy, ganga til gangs, ii. 119; þeir skyldu hafa búðar-tópt Skútu fyrir gang, 305; nú er hundr bundinn í gangi,
III. collective, a gang, as in ; drauga-g., a gang of ghosts; músa-g., a gang of mice; gaura-g., a gang of roughs; trolla-g., a gang of trolls (giants); þjófa-g., a gang of thieves.—Vide göng, a lobby.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Scot.Scottish.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • cp.compare.
  • Germ.German.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • opp.opposed.
  • pref.preface.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • mod.modern.
  • medic.medicine, medically.
  • esp.especially.
  • l. c.loco citato.
  • Engl.English.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
  • Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Róm.Rómverja saga. (E. II.)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
  • Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
  • Th.Theophilus. (F. III.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
  • Rd.Reykdæla saga. (D. II.)