hít
nafnorðkvenkyn
a scrip or bag made of the skin of a beast, 157, i. 220, : as a nickname, iii: a vast belly, i. 612: the name of a giantess, : the local names Hítar-dalr, Hítar-nes () were still at the beginning of this century in that neighbourhood sounded Hitar-dalr, Hitar-nes, with a short i, the original form being Hitár-dalr, Hitár-nes, the dale and ness of the Hot river (a volcanic river), to Kaldá, the Cold river, in the same county. The derivation from a giantess Hít is a mere fiction, and not older than the Bárðar S. Hítnesingr, one from Hitarnes,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- opp.opposed.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Sd.Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Bárð.Bárðar saga. (D. V.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)