Yrða

höss

lýsingarorð
, hösvan, with a characteristic v; [ hasu, hasweg and haswig; hazy; caesius]:—gray, of a wolf; úlfr enn hösvi, 6; hösvan serk hrísgrisnis, a gray wolf’s coat, Hl., 86; höss örn, a gray eagle, vi. 159 (in a verse); and höss sverð, a dusky sword blade (or = hvöss?), : in names, Hös-kollr, in common pronunciation Höskuldr, the gray Coll; the old form is presented in good , 468, as also in the old ditty, trautt man ek trúa þér | troll kvað Höskollr, ii. 136; but that even in the 13th century the name was pronounced as at the present day is shewn by the pun in the words Höskuld and haustskuld, iii. 216. The word is quite obsolete, and does not occur elsewhere in prose.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • Engl.English.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • pr.proper, properly.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • Em.Eiríks-mál. (A. III.)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
  • Arna-Magn.Arna-Magnacanus.
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)