gumi
nafnorðkarlkyn
a, , gumar and gumnar, 14, 17, 31, 130; [ guma = ἀνήρ, Luke xix. 2, Nehem. v. 17, and gumein, = ἄρρην, Mark x. 6; guma; gomo; gumo; in bräuti-gam; brud-gom; brud-gumme; the r in groom is corrupt, vide brúðgumi. The quantity is doubtful; the guma was long, groom; the spells bridgume as having a long vowel: but the short vowel is favoured by the pronunciation, as also Dan.-Swed.; so in we have hŏmo and hūmanus]:—a man; it scarcely occurs in prose: , Guðs hús ok guma, ii. 170; in the old it occurs about a dozen times as a common expression for man; heima glaðr gumi ok við gesti reifr, 102; því at færa veit, er fleira drekkr, síns til geðs gumi, 11; glaðr ok reifr skyli gumna hverr, 14; því er gengr um guma, what passes among men, 27, 93; eptir genginn guma, 71; gumna synir, the sons of men, 130; at sá gengr gumi ok mælir við mik, 158: the saying, lítil eru geð guma, little is the human mind, 52; goð ok guma, gods and men, 55: gumna-sættir, a peacemaker, : gumna-spjalli, a, a friend of men:—brúð-gumi, a bridegroom; hús-gumi, a ‘house-master,’ husband,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.Heliand.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- Dan.Danish.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Engl.English.
- prob.probably.
- cp.compare.
- Ormul.Ormulum.
- mod.modern.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Lat.Latin.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ls.Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Rm.Rígsmál. (A. II.)