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korn

nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ kaurn = σιτος and kaurnô = κόκκος; and corn; chorn; and korn]:—corn, grain; ellefu korn, ok ellefu pipar-korn, 655 xxx. 8; leynisk í litlu korni afl trésins, 14; hleifr er görr af mörgum kornum, 625. 90: seed, grain, korn eðr malt, 113; hann skal honum greiða kýr ok korn, smjör ok vöru, 305; sumir skáru korn, sumir bundu, sumir óku heim korninu, 30; þar var hallæri á korni (a bad crop) en gott korn (a good crop) austr í land, 102; korn (crop) var heldr úárvænt, 113; færa menn niðr korn sín, 169; hann sár þar niðr korninu, 82; er ok íllu komi til sáð, enda mun íllt af gróa, a saying, 174; sá himnesku korni í hjörtu manna, 500: flour, tak rúgbrauð, eigi blandat við annat korn, :—in stores of grain, hann flutti með sér mikil korn, vii. 173; þar vóru forn korn, 102, 113:—oats, corn, ( hesta-korn, ‘a feed of corn’), gefa hestum korn, 31; hann var Gauzkr hlaupari ok alinn á korni vetr ok sumar, 12:—Mikkjals-korn, Ólafs-korn, Michael’s corn, St. Olave’s corn, a kind of tithe paid to the church in Norway, Fr.
II. a bit, grain; ok þar kemr lítið korn niðr af þeim bita, of a bit of meat, i. 54; hákarls-korn, 226; sand-korn, a grain of sand.
2. in usage as a diminutive suffix to a noun; það var máltak hans við hvern mann, bróðir! karl-korn mitt! of bishop Sweyn, who died 1476. Árb. 1475; barn-korn, a bit of a bairn = τεκνίον; stundar-korn, a little while; hús-korn, a scrap of a house; bú-korn, a small household; orð-korn, a little word: this use, however, scarcely occurs before the 15th century (unless it be in the passage , which, however, is only found in a paper ), and it may be a kind of imitation of the -chen.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Germ.German.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • cp.compare.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • mod.modern.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • A. D.Anno Domini.
  • l. c.loco citato.
  • MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • Greg.Gregory. (F. II.)
  • Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
  • Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • H. E.Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
  • Lækn.Lækninga-bók. (H. V.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Gullþ.Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • SnótSnót, poems.
  • Esp.Espólin Árbækr Íslands.