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kálfr

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ kalbo = δάμαλις; cealf; calf; chalbâ; kalb; kalv; kalf]:—a calf; kýr ok kálfr, i. 168, vi. 260, 368, 374, 80, 316, 318, iii. 34, i. 502, i. 25: the phrase, ala öðrum þræl kálfs-eldi, to feed a thrall for another man as a calf, to feed a person who does nothing but eat, 31; hindar-k., a fawn, 3: a whale-calf.
II. of a small island near a large one, eyjar-k.; Manar-k., the Calf of Man, at its southern extremity; Rastar-kálfr, the Calf of the island Rost.
β. hvann-kálfr, young angelica, Hervar. () , μόσχος: kálfa-kjöt, ‘calf-flesh,’ veal, 91: kálfs-belgr, a calf’s skin, 118, iii. 621: kálfs-fætr, a calf’s legs; flegnar kálfs fætr, flayed calves feet, of the stockings hanging about one’s legs.
III. a calf, a silly person, dunce; þú ert mesti kálfr!
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Germ.German.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • i. e.id est.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • cp.compare.
  • Gr.Greek.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Njarð.Njarðvíkinga saga. (D. II.)
  • Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
  • Str.Strengleikar. (G. II.)
  • Hb.Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
  • Gsp.Getspeki Heiðreks. (A. II.)
  • Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)