hams
nafnorðkarlkyn
(= hamr), a snake’s slough; ormar skríða ór hamsi á vár, ; kalla sverðit orm, en fetlana ok umgörð hams hans, () 123: , góðr (íllr) hams er á e-m, one is in a good (bad) frame of mind; hams er góðr á fljóðum, Hallfred: say, vera í góðum, vondum hamsi, id.: phrases as, hafa hold og hams, ‘to keep up flesh and skin,’ to be hale and hearty, to be in a good state.
II. in hamsar means particles of suet. In Norway hams means the husks of beans and grains: in a kind of beetle is called gjedehams. ☞ The s in hams is curious; it is kept throughout all cases; it is either a remnant of the old mark s for r as in Gothic, or perhaps the s answers to the d as in hamedi, hemd; but still more closely to the final s in camisa, Fr. chemise.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- i. e.id est.
- plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Dan.Danish.
- masc.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- inflex.inflexive.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- Ital.Italian.
- Mkv.Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Ht.Hátta-tal. (C. I.)