hamla
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, an oar-loop made of a strap or withe fastened to the thole-pin (hár), into which the oar was put, the oarsman pulling the oar against the thole, as is still done in the fjords of Norway; hence is called láta síga á hömlu, to pull slowly towards the hamla, stern foremost, i. 172, vii. 213; láta skip síga á hömlum, iii. 336; á hömlo, ; lét hann leggja fimm skipum fram í sundit svá at mátti þegar síga á hömlu, 83 A; hömlur slitnuðu, háir brotnuðu, the h. were torn, the tholes broken, 35; leggja árar í hömlur, they put the oars in the loops, iii. 57. In Norway the levy or conscription was counted by the hömlur, 227, where one hamla ( man) was to be levied from every seven males over five years old, and so ‘til hömlu’ means = per man, per oar, 99, i. 98; thus, gera mat í hömlu, to contribute provisions by the head, 201, passim and Fritzner’s remarks : the phrase, ganga e-m í hömlu um e-t, to go into one’s hamla, take one’s place, to be one’s match; sem Sigvalda myni fæst til skorta, at ganga mér í hömlu um ráða-gerðir ok dæma hér um mál manna, bæði fyrir vizku sakir ok ráðspeki, xi. 98.
II. a short oar with which the boatman paddles, leaning the body forwards and with his face towards the stem, using the oar partly instead of a rudder; hence stýris-hamla, a ‘rudder-oar.’
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- i. e.id est.
- l. c.loco citato.
- cp.compare.
- naut.nautical.
- s. v.sub voce.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- mod.modern.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Mork.Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Am.Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)