Yrða

hæll

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ heel, calx: this is a word, for the term is hóh, the fairzna,, the fersen]:—the heel, i. 423, 34, i. 339, 37, passim.
2. in phrases, hlaupa á hæla e-m, to follow at one’s heels, 202; falla á hæla e-m, to shut upon one’s heels, of a door; fara, ganga á hæla e-m, 2, v. 316, viii. 36; fara aptr á hæli, to return immediately, like the κατα ποδας, 272; um hæl, , in return, skrifa um hæl aptr, to write by return of post; hopa, fara (undan) á hæli, or á hæl, to recede, draw back, 296, 506, vii. 70, 298, viii. 134, x. 139, xi. 95, 46, 258, 375; milli hæls ok hnakka, between heel and neck: brjótask um á hæl ok hnakka, to struggle heel and neck, of one restless in sleep:— phrases, hann stígr aldrei þangat tánum sem hinn hafði hælana, he will never reach with his toes where the other had his heels, he is far inferior to his predecessor; það er undir hælinn lagt, it is laid under one’s heel, ‘tis very uncertain.II. , kjalar-hæll, ‘keel’s heel,’ the hindmost part of the keel; stýris-hæll, ‘rudder’s heel,’ the hindmost point of the rudder.
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B. A peg fastened in the earth, either for mooring a vessel (festar-h.) or by which a tent-rope is fastened (tjald-h.); jarðfastr hæll, 417, 86, vi. 334, iii. 365, Blas, 48: the handle in a scythe shaft (orf-hæll), i. 522; hurðar-hælar, door pegs, i. 397, : belonging to a ship, (Gl.)C. Prob. a different word, a widow whose husband has been slain in battle, 108, the pun in 763 (in a verse).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Engl.English.
  • cp.compare.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • Germ.German.
  • Gr.Greek.
  • mod.modern.
  • adverb.adverbially.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • proverb.proverbially.
  • i. e.id est.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
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