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hringr

nafnorðkarlkyn
, hringar, in usage sometimes hringir: [, , and hring; , , , and ring, ringlet]:
I. a ring, circle; tungl hvert gengr sinn hring, 53 (1812); h. jarðar, the earth’s circumference, 20; slá hring um e-n, to make a ring around one, 312, viii. 67; hann hefir lykkju af ái en hringinn af ói, of the circle or bight of the letter , 161; hann þóttisk sjá þangat hring ok elds-lit á, 194.
2. í hring, in a ring or circle; þeir lögðu þann sjá í hring utan um hana, ; sól gengr umhverfis í hring, 66 (1812); standa umhverfis í hring, to stand round in a ring, iv. 160, (mann-hringr, a ring of men); hann sveiflaði sverðinu í hring um sik, he swept with his sword all round him, iii. 220; hann fór í hring um (swam in a circle around) skipit, 56; lagðir steinar í hring utan um, 486; nú snúask þessi merki í hring um heiminn á hverjum tveim dægrum, 104; hann gékk þá í hring hjá konungi, vi. 206.3. as an phrase, með (at) hringum, all around, altogether, taka allt með hringum, Arnór; hann lét leggja eld í kirkju ok bæinn ok brendu upp með hringum, vii. 212; brenna bæinn upp at hringum, x. 389 (Ágrip).
II. a ring, annulus:
1. a ring at the end of a chest, i. 178, kistu-h.; in a door, 23; hurðar-h., ii: the ring at the end of the hilt to which the friðbönd () were fastened, 9: the chain or links in a kettle chain (hadda), 33: an anchor ring (akkeris-h.)
β. the rings in a coat of mail, the Sagas and passim, whence hringa-brynja, u, a coat of ring-mail, see brynja, i. 43, vi. 416–421, ix. 27, 542, the Sagas passim, see Worsaae, No. 474; hring-kofl, , hring-skyrta, u, , hring-serkr, a shirt of rings, coat of ring-mail, : a coat of mail is called hring-ofin, woven with rings.
2. but a ring on the arm, finger (gull-h., silfr-h., járn-h.), passim; rauðir hringar, the red rings, 29, 32; men ok hringar, 23, passim; and hence = money, see baugr. A lordly man is in poetry called hring-berandi, -bjóðr, -brjótr, -broti, -drífir, -hreytandi, -lestir, -mildr, -miðlandi, -rífr, -skati, -skemmir, -snyrtir, -stríðandi, -stýrir, -tælir, -varpaðr, -viðr, -þverrir, the bearer, breaker … or spender of rings, : a woman from wearing rings, hring-eir, -skögul, -þöll, -varið; and a man, hring-þollr,
III. a ship is called Hringr (also in present use), (in a verse); hringr Ullar, the ship of Ull, his shield, 30; Hring-horni, the ship of the : Hringr is the name of a man, iii,
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