Yrða

kaf

nafnorðhvorugkyn
[akin to kvef, kóf, kæfa (), dropping the v]:—a plunge into water, a dive, diving; fær hann þá annat kaf at öðru, one dive after another, ii. 215; á kaf and í kaf, into water, under water; hlaupa á kaf. to plunge into water, dive, 48, 123, vi. 318, vii. 224, passim; sigla skip í kaf, ii. 64; fara í kaf, to go under water, duck, i. 355: as also of land covered with water or flooded, or even covered with snow, passim; falla í kaf, færask ymsir í kaf, they ducked one another, ii. 215; á kafi and í kafi, under water, diving, swimming, i. 355, 387, iii. 4, vii. 232, xi. 383, ii. 309: of snow, lágu hestarnir á kafi í snjónum svá at draga varð upp, 546: also , standa á kafi, to sink deep, so as to be hidden, of a weapon in a wound; öxin stóð á kafi, vi. 424; kom annat hornit á kviðinn, svá at þegar stóð á kafi, 326: to these phrases is, koma upp úr kafi, to emerge, 75; enda, hætta í miðju kafi, to end or break off abruptly (in mediis rebus), metaphor from swimming: köf, gasping for breath, 142, (and-köf, choked breath.)
2. the deep; kafs hestr, the horse of the deep, a ship, Sighvat; kaf-sunna, the sun of the deep = gold, (in a verse).
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • opp.opposed.
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • poët.poetically.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
  • BjarniBjarni Thorarinson.