hrót
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ hrôt = στέγη, Matth. viii. 8, , = δωμα, ib. x. 27, Luke v. 19, xvii. 31]:—a roof, only in poetry; hjarta hrót, the ‘heart’s-roof,’ the breast, (in a verse); hreggs hrót, the ‘gale’s-roof,’ the sky; leiptra hrót, the ‘lightning-roof,’ the sky; heims hrót, the ‘world’s-roof,’ the heaven, hrót-gandr, ‘roof-wolf,’ fire; or hrót-garmr, id.,
2. the roof near the outer door is in usage called rót,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- etc.et cetera.
- poët.poetically.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- mod.modern.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.