kerling
nafnorðkvenkyn
[answering to karl, ], a woman; þessi skal kerling heita því at hón er af karlmanninum komin, 34.
II. used, like carline, almost always of an old woman, and only of a common person, not of a lady, see karl; mær heitir fyrst hver, en kerlingar er gamlar eru, 108; gaman þykkir kerlingunni at, móður várri, 68, 44; kerling ein gömul, an old woman, 318; kerlingin móðir konungs, i. 76; þar sem ek ligg einn í húsi ok kerling mín, I myself and my old wife, 127; körlum ok kerlingum, 257; karls dóttir ok kerlingar, i. 22; karla börn ok kerlinga, i. (in a verse); karl og kerling, karl og kerling í garðs horni, see karl; kellingar gamlar, hrumar ok örvasa, i. 423: in the phrase, fleyta or flytja kerlingar, to ‘float witches,’ to play at ducks and drakes; kerlingar nef, a nickname, iii; kellinga bani, a nickname, xi.II. as a name, ; Carolina.III. , like carling, one of the fore and aft timbers supporting the planks of the deck, (Gl.)
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- q. v.quod vide.
- Scot.Scottish.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- pr.proper, properly.
- cp.compare.
- naut.nautical.
- Engl.English.
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Gullþ.Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)