gríma
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, [ grîma; grime = a horse’s halter], a kind of hood or cowl covering the upper part of the face, (Gl.), 304, 30; ríðr Barði at Snorra Goða ok hefir grímu á höfði sér, Ísl. ii. 378, 58.
β. armour covering a horse’s breast, a poitrail; en utan yfir beisli ok um allt höfuð hestsins ok um háls framan ok til söðuls þá skal vera g. gör á panzara lund, 405: the beak on a ship, gyldar grímur, 2. 16: grímu-eiðr, a Norse law term, a kind of oath taken by six compurgators, an , i. 56 (vide eiðr); the origin of the name is uncertain, perhaps the compurgators had to appear in court in cowls: grímu-maðr, a cowled man, a man in disguise, i. 509, iii. 321, i. 175.II. the night, , 31, (Gl.), ; óróar gríma, a night of woe, 18; so in the saying, hverf er haust-gríma, shifty is the autumn night, 73: curious is the phrase, það renna á e-n tvær grímur, one wavers, is uncertain, það runnu á mig tvær grímur; the metaphor is either derived from a horse’s halter or hood = doubly hoodwinked or from the night = in double darkness.☞ Grímr and Grímnir are names of Odin from his travelling in disguise, : Grímr also is a name, and in compds, Þor-grímr, Ás-grímr, Stein-grímr, Hall-grímr, ; and of women Gríma, Hall-gríma, ; prefixed in Grím-kell, Grím-úlfr, : a serpent is in poetry called grímr.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.Danish.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- απ. λεγ.απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.poetically.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- masc.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pr.proper, properly.
- etc.et cetera.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Þórð.Þórðar saga hreðu. (D. V.)
- Mirm.Mirmants saga. (G. II.)
- Gkv.Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Alm.Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Stor.Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)