herðar
nafnorðkvenkyn
the shoulders, the upper part of the back, distinguished from öxl = shoulder in a special sense, 185, 289, vii. 55, 166, i. 396, 9, passim, Matth. xxiii. 4, Luke xv. 5: so in the phrase, hafa hofuð og herðar yfir e-n, to be higher than another from the shoulders and upwards, 1 Sam. ix. 2, x. 23.
: (old form herði-, herða-): herða-drengr, a hump on the back, a pun, viii. 404. herða-kambr, the withers, of a horse. herða-kistill, a hump. herða-klettr, , the ‘shoulder-knoll,’ the head, herða-lítill, narrow-shouldered, 165. herða-munr, the difference from the shoulders and upwards, of one who is no match for another, xi. 442. herða-sár, a shoulder sore or wound, i. 85. herða-toppr, a shoulder tuft, the part of a horse’s mane next the saddle, i. 152, 16. herðar-blað, the shoulder blade, 70, i. 152. herði-breiðr, broad-shouldered, x. 151, 324, iii. 122, 80 new herði-lútr, with stooping or round shoulders, 15, i. 312. herði-mikill, broad-shouldered, iii. 122, 305, Ísl. ii. 203. herði-þykkr, thick-shouldered, 298, 40 new
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- cp.compare.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- mod.modern.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- poët.poetically.
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
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