gaupn
nafnorðkvenkyn
[ goupen or goupin; coufan; goufen; göpen], both bands held together in the form of a bowl; in the phrases, sjá, horfa, líta, lúta í gaupnir sér, to look, lout ( bend down) into one’s goupen, to cover one’s face with the palms, as a token of sorrow, prayer, thought, or the like, iii. 113, 170, 115, 13; hón sá í gaupnir sér ok grét, she covered her face and wept, 21, 129; þá laut hón fram í gaupnir sér á borðit, 65; ilja gaupnir, the hollows in the soles of the feet, 3; hafa e-n í gaupnum sér (better reading greipum), to have a person in one’s clutch,
2. as a measure, as much as can be taken in the hands held together, as in ‘gowd in goupins;’ gaupnir silfrs, goupens of silver, ii. 176; gaupnir moldar, goupens of earth, id. gaupna-sýn, a looking into one’s palms, covering one’s face,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Scot.Scottish.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- mid. H. G.middle High German.
- Swed.Swedish.
- prop.proper, properly.
- i. e.id est.
- cp.compare.
- poët.poetically.
- l. c.loco citato.
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- O. H. L.Ólafs saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Vápn.Vápnfirðinga saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Greg.Gregory. (F. II.)
- Þd.Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)