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kona

nafnorðkvenkyn
u, , kuna, vii. 106; kvinna, 109, 274, 15, but usually kvenna, which form is a remains of an older obsolete kvina: [ qino = γυνή; quena; chiona; kåna; kone; again, the forms of the quens or qveins, cwen, queen, quean = wench, kvinde answer to the obsolete kván, ]:—a woman; karl ok kona, man and woman, passim; brigðr er karla hugr konum, 90; kona ok karlmaðr, i. 171; kona eða karlmaðr, 190; hón var kvinna fríðust, vii. 109; henni lézt þykkja agasamt, ok kvað þar eigi kvinna vist, 274; konor þær er óarfgengjar eru, i. 228; mun þat sannask sem mælt er til vár kvenna, iv. 132; kveðr hann vera konu níundu nótt hverja ok eiga þá viðskipti við karlmenn, i. 57: sayings, köld er kvenna ráð, ; meyjar orðum skyli manngi trúa, né því er kveðr kona, 83; svá er friðr kvenna, 89; hón var væn kona ok kurteis, 1; ok var hón kvenna fríðust, she was the fairest of women, 50; hón var skörungr mikill ok kvenna fríðust sýnum, hón var svá hög at fár konur vóru jafnhagar henni, hón var allra kvenna grimmust, 147; fundusk mönnum orð um at konan var enn virðuleg, 16; Unnr var vegs-kona mikil (a stately lady), 117; konur skulu ræsta húsin ok tjalda, 175; konu-hár, -klæði, -föt, woman’s hair, attire, iii. 266, 53; konu bú, woman’s estate, ii. 47; konu-líki (liking), woman’s shape, 172, 141; konu-nám, konu-tak, eloping, abduction of a woman, i. 355, 17; konu-mál, rape, fornication, = kvenna-mál, 182, 62, 499: frænd-kona, a kinswoman; vin-kona, a female friend; mág-kona, a sister-in-law; álf-kona, an ‘elf-quean;’ troll-kona, a giantess; heit-kona, a spouse; brúð-kona, a bridemaid; vinnu-kona, grið-kona, a female servant; ráðs-kona, a stewardess; bú-kona, hús-kona, a house-mistress, house-wife; spá-kona, a prophetess, ‘spae-wife;’ skáld-kona, a poëtess.
II. a wife; ek em kona Njáls, 54; Evu Adams konu, 31; við hans konu Sophram, 52; af konu minni eða sonum, 65; en ef bú þeirra standa, þá munu þeir vitja þeirra ok kvenna sinna, 207; messu-djákn enginn, né kona hans né klerkr hans, i. 97.—The word is now almost disused in sense I, kvennmaðr being the common word, whereas in sense II. it is a household word. konu-efni, one’s future wife, bride: konu-fé, a marriage portion, 80: konu-lauss, wifeless, unmarried, : konu-leysi, the being konulauss: konu-ríki, , see kvánríki.B. , with the kvenna-: kvenna-askr, a kind of half measure, to karlaskr, ; hálfr annarr k. í karlaski, 375. kvenna-ást, amour, i. 282, v. 341. kvenna-búnaðr, a woman’s attire, 334. kvenna-far, love affairs, amores, i. 187. kvenna-ferð, a journey fit for women, 240. kvenna-fólk, woman-folk, 199. kvenna-friðr, sacredness of women, ii. kvenna-fylgjur, female attendants, i. 342. kvenna-gipting, marriage, i. 343, 6. kvenna-giptir, a giving in marriage, i. 27, 343. kvenna-hagr, woman’s condition, 414. kvenna-heiti, names of women, (Gl.) kvenna-hjal, women’s gossip, 15. kvenna-hús, a lady’s bower, ii. 162. kvenna-innganga, u, entrance of women into the church, churching, 110. kvenna-klæðnaðr, a female dress, i. 338. kvenna-land, the land of the Amazons, 348, xi. 414. kvenna-leiðir, ‘women-guide,’ a law term used of a child as the sole witness to lawsuit for a rape; barn þat er heitir k., i. 357, 367. kvenna-lið, woman-folk, 199, 38. kvenna-maðr, a woman’s man, given to women; mikill k., i. 208, 414; lítill k., chaste, 12. kvenna-mál, love matters, 334: rape, fornication, 444, 3. kvenna-munr, distinction of women, x. 387. kvenna-nám, a rape, i. 353. kvenna-ráð, women’s counsel, 177. kvenna-siðr, habits of women, i. 338. kvenna-skap, a woman’s temper, 68. kvenna-skáli, a, a woman’s apartment, iii. 186. kvenna-skipan, arrangement of the ladies (at a banquet), 202. kvenna-sveit, a bevy of ladies, vi. 1. kvenna-vagn, ‘woman’s wain,’ a constellation, to karlsvagn, 1812. 16. kvenna-vist, women’s abode, fit for women, iii. 339.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
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  • Hel.Heliand.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
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  • q. v.quod vide.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
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  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
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