Yrða

leir

nafnorðhvorugkyn
, as in leirinu, 72, 414; með góðu leiri ok seigu, 417; leirit, ix. 511, In usage leirr, , which also occurs in ix. 511 (leirrinn); grár leirr, 374 (in a verse); leirinum, i. 354, 336, but leirinu öllu two lines below; leirnum, iii. 583; leirinn, 374 (); thus the older vellums prefer the , the later the ; [ leer; ler; lair]:—clay, earth, loam, but also mud, on the beach, passim, see the references above: in leirar = leira ()
II. and , arnar leir, ‘eagle’s mud’ = bad poetry, referring to the legend told in the 49, alluded to in Gd. 2, ii. 56 (in a verse); as also in usage, whence leir-skáld, a poetaster: local names, Leir-á, Leir-vík,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • mod.modern.
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • masc.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Scot.Scottish.
  • esp.especially.
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • poët.poetically.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
  • Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)