hamask
sagnorð
að, to rage, to be taken by a fit of fury in a fight, synonymous to ganga berserks-gang (see p. 6l): the word is derived from hamr, owing to a belief that such persons were possessed by a strange spirit or demon; hamr, hamstoli, hamramr, all of them words referring to a change of shape:—svá er sagt, at þá hamaðisk hann, ok fleiri vóru þeir föru-nautar hans er þá hömuðusk, 122; hamask þú nú, Skallagrímr, at syni þínum, 192; Þórir hljóp þá af baki, ok er svá sagt, at hann hamaðisk þá it fyrsta sinn, 30, iii. 343, 119; Fránmarr jarl hafði hamask í arnar líki, 95: the word is still used, to work as hard as a giant.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- dep.deponent.
- prob.probably.
- cp.compare.
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sæm.Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)