heiðr
lýsingarorð
1. [vide heið, ; heiter], bright, cloudless, only of the sky, in the phrase, heiðr himin, a clear sky, 19, 305, 48 new , v. 81: in poetry, heiðar stjörnur, bright stars, 57; heiðr dagr, a bright day, 3. 53.2. , and heiði, heiðar; heiði, vide Gramm. p. xxvii, col. 2, and p. xxviii; [ haiþi = ἀγρός, Matth. vi. 28, 30, Luke xv. 15, xvii. 7, 31; and haiþivisks = ἄγριος; hæð; heath; haida; heide; hede; hed]:—a heath; in particularly heiðr (or heiði) is chiefly used of a low barren heath or fell; thus in local names heiðr is a common name for the barren tracts of fell between the foot of one fjord or dale and another, see the map of passim, 158, 137, 275, i. 440.II. a name of a sybil, , as also in compd names of women, usually dropping the h, Ragn-eiðr, Baug-eiðr: Heið-rekr, name of a king.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Germ.German.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- mod.modern.
- nom.nefnifall (e. nominative)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Dan.Danish.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- pr.proper, properly.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Hbl.Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)