mærr1
nafnorðkvenkyn
1. ( mœrr), mærar, and mæri:—a land, border-land, only in poetry; mærar, 236 (in a verse); and in compds, blá-mœrr (), the blue land = the sea; borð-mœrr, máfa , id.; dag-mærr, the day-land, the heaven; hauk-mœrr, the ‘hawk-land’ = the hand; Móins mær, serpent-land, gold. : the word remains in landa-mæri, border-land, andII. in the local name Mæri, a county in Norway; Sunn-mæri, Norð-mæri, passim; whence Mærir, the men of M.: Mæra-jarl, the earl of M., a name of earl Rögnvald, the ancestor of the dukes of Normandy and the earls of Orkney: Mærskr, from Mæri, Mæri or Mærini, a famed temple in Drontheim in Norway: hann lagði Mærina-helgi á allan fjörðinn ok lét engu tortýna þar nema kvikfé heimilu, he made the whole fjord a sanctuary, extended the sanctuary to the length of the whole fjord,
2. , mærri, mærstr; [ mers in waila-mers = εὔφημος; mâri]:—famous, glorious, great, herrlich, of persons; mjötuð mæran, 2; mærir tívar, 4; mæran kon; inn mæri mögr Sigröðar, Kormak; ins mæra burar, 50; mærr jöfurr, : , báru mjöð mærar, 8, 93; ena mæru Ingunni, viii. (in a verse); deyrat mildingr mæri (), vi. 427: of things, í enum mæra Mímis-brunni, 22; inn mæra fimbul-vetr, 44; inn mæra mjöð, 16; mæran drykk mjaðar, 6; hrís þat et mæra, 5; inn mæri vöndr, 98 (in a verse): þjóð-mær, glorious.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- i. e.id est.
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- prop.proper, properly.
- q. v.quod vide.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- l. c.loco citato.
- compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- absol.absolute, absolutely.
- SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Hým.Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Am.Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Skm.Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Ls.Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Akv.Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)