nábjargir
nafnorðkvenkynná-bjargir
‘lyke-help,’ see nár; in the phrase, veita e-m nábjargir, to lend one ‘lyke-help,’ to close the eyes, mouth, and nostrils of a person immediately after death; hví hefir þú eigi veitt honum nábjargir er opnar eru nasirnar, why hast thou not lent him the ‘lyke-help,’ for the nostrils are open? 154; hann bað hvern varask at ganga framan at honum meðan honum vóru eigi nábjargir veittar, 70; hann lagði hann niðr í setið ok veitti honum þá nábjargir, 398, 32; the ἰδων δε ὑ Κρίτων ξυνέλαβε το στόμα τε και τους ὀφθαλμούς (but not the nostrils as in the Northern rite), Plato’s Phaedo (sub fine); whereas with the Norsemen the closing the nostrils was indispensable, whence the phrase, lúka nösum, to have the nostrils shut = to die, see nös (nasar).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- i. e.id est.
- cp.compare.
- Gr.Greek.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Bret.Breta sögur. (G. I.)