gil
nafnorðhvorugkyn
, gilja, giljum, [Ghyll or Gill in and , local names]:—a deep narrow glen with a stream at bottom, like the χαράδρα; brooks and tributary streams flowing through clefts in the fell side to the main river at the bottom of a vale are in called gil; very in local names, Ísfirðinga-gil, Branda-gil, Hauka-gil, Hrafna-gil, Hellra-gil, Gilj-á, Þver-gil, vide ; (a chasm without water or with stagnant water is not gil, but gjá; also gljúfr, a deep chasm forming the bed of a river), 223, 7, 766, 218, 64, vii. 149, passim.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- North. E.Northern English.
- Scot.Scottish.
- Gr.Greek.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Valla L.Valla Ljóts saga. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.Hrafnkels saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Krók.Króka Refs saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)