högld
nafnorðkvenkyn
, hagldir, a kind of buckle (shaped like ∞), commonly made of horn, used to run the rope through with which hay is trussed: hann tekr reip á tíu hesta ok leysir af hagldir, i. 523: in phrases, hann þóttisk nú hafa hagldir fengit á sínum málum, i. 730; and the phrase, hafa bæði töglin ok hagldirnar, to have it all one’s own way. haglda-brauð, buckle-gingerbread.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.modern.
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)