Yrða

lax

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ lax; lahs; lachs; laks; lax]:—a salmon, 40, 72, 69, 35, 164, i. 539, passim: the male lax is called hæingr ( hængr), goð-lax, In Lent it was forbidden even to mention meat by name, and hence at that season people called it jestingly klauf-lax, ‘cloven-hoofed salmon,’ see the story told in Maurer’s Volks. 207, 208.
II. in local names, Lax-á, = Laxwater, Salmon water, a name of many rivers; whence Laxár-dalr, Laxwaler dale, and Lax-dælir, the men from L.: Laxdæla-Saga, u, the Saga of L., 334, 15 new , ii. 257.
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Scot.Scottish.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Germ.German.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • contr.contracted.
  • cp.compare.
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Ed.edition, editions, edited.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)