helsingr
nafnorðkarlkyn
the barnacle or tree-goose, so called from its white collar (helsi), anas erithropus L., (Gl.), Eggert 548: a nickname, iv. 314. ☞ For the popular tales of this bird see Max Müller’s Lectures, 2nd Series. Helsingjar, the name of the people of Helsingja-land in Sweden,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Itin.Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)