Yrða

kría

nafnorðkvenkyn
u, [this word does not occur in old writers, and may be derived from kry, from the brisk and lively temper of this bird]:—a sea-bird, the tern, sterna; from this restless and noisy bird comes the saying, vera einsog kriá á steini, or, einsog kría verpi, to be restless and unsteady. kríu-egg, the egg of a k. For an account of this bird, which abounds in , see Eggert 675; and for the curious lawsuit called Kríu-mál, see Espol. Árb. 1692, 1693.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • ch.chapter.
  • Itin.Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.