geisli
nafnorðkarlkyn
a,
1. a beam, staff, = geisl; but only used,2. a beam, ray, of the sun, 472, i. 516, 1. 15, 128; sólar-g., a sun-beam; ár-g., morning-beam, : the eye is called brá-geisli, brow-beam, Geisla-dagr, ‘Beam-day;’ it is a rendering of Epiphany, though it is not used of that very day, which is called Þrettándi, but of the seventh day after, the 13th of January.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- prop.proper, properly.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.poetically.
- prob.probably.
- viz.namely.
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hom.Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)