nös
nafnorðkvenkyn
, nasar, nasir; an s has been dropped, as may be seen from snös, berg-snös (), as also from snuse = to smell; [ nose; nase; nasus and nares]:—the nostrils, the nose as the organ of smelling, also of the front of the nose; nasar þessa líkams skyldu vera erchidjáknar, þeir skyldu þefja ok ilma allan sætleik, ; opnar eru nasarnar, 154; eldar brenna ór augum hans ok nösum, 41; svá at blóð hrjóti ór munni eðr nösum, ii. 11; bregða e-u fyrir nasar e-m, to put it before one’s nose, 34; setja hnefa á nasar e-m, 36; höggit kom á nasir honum ok brotnaði nefit, iii. 186; fölr um nasar, pale-nebbed, 2; taka fyrir nasar e-m, 141; draga nasir at e-u, to snuffle, smell at a thing, Ísl. ii. 136; stinga nösum í feld, to cover the face in one’s cloak, Sighvat; stinga nösum niðr, to bite the dust, iii. 189; ef herra þinn lýkr nösum, has his nostrils shut, ceases to breathe, dies, 27; áðr en ek lýk nösum, 31 new ; þér mun verða annat eins áðr en lýkr nösum, thy nostrils will be closed before that, a ditty, see the remarks to nábjargir; blóð-nasar, bleeding at the nose; ríða kross í nasar ok eyru ok í hjarsa, i. 339:—in only of one of the nostrils, upp í aðra nösina; það er ekki upp í hálfa nös á ketti, it will not fill the half of the nostril of a cat = it is nothing.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- mod.modern.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Dan.Danish.
- cp.compare.
- Engl.English.
- Germ.German.
- Lat.Latin.
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- sing.eintala (e. singular)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v. l.varia lectio.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Anecd.Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Alm.Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Str.Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Þórð.Þórðar saga hreðu. (D. V.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)