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nafn

nafnorðhvorugkyn
often spelt namn, ; [ namo; common to all languages without the n, which has been preserved in the Norse; navn; namn; nomen; ὄνομα]:—a name; af hans nafni tók nafn Britannia, xi. 416; spyrja e-n at nafni, 6; gefa namn, i. 101; at nafni, by name, passim; kalla á namn e-s, 623. 24; í nafni e-s, in one’s name, id., passim; skírnar-nafn, a baptismal name; auk-nafn, a nickname. For the ancient ceremony, even of the heathen age, of sprinkling infants with water and giving them a name see the remarks and references given ausa, (to which add 25, ok mun ek ekki við þér sjá, þvíat þú jóst mik vatni.) Proper names were either single as Steinn or compound as Hall-steinn, Þor-steinn, Vé-steinn, Há-steinn, Her-steinn, Gunn-steinn, see 46, 126 new (Append.); for giving names to infants see 13, 14, 59, 13, 7, 11, 12, and the Sagas passim. The ancient Teutons and Scandinavians used but one name, for nicknames are rare or of later date, and came into use through contact with foreigners, as with the Gaelic tribes in the west, for in the such names abound in , though they were afterwards disused; the law makes it a case of outlawry to ‘give names,’ ef maðr gefr manni nafn annat en hann eigi áðr ok varðar fjörbaugs garð, ef hann reiðisk við, () ii. 182, see however nafn-festr below. For illustration see lists of names subjoined to the Editions of the Sagas, , , , iii, Espól. Annals; a list of nicknames, iii. 657–663. Worthy of note is the desire of the men of old to live again in a new name, 3, ii. 7–9, and many other instances; one who falls short of the man he is named after is said to kafna undir nafni. 2. a noun, 180.
II. a name, title; at gipta hana tignara manni fyrir nafns sakir, i. 157; hersir at nafni, 8, 106; nafn ok veldi, 268; keisara-nafn, konungs-n., jarls-n., passim; at nafni, nominally, not really, not well; fontr með búnaði at nafni, 68, 78.
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • Teut.Teutonic.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Gr.Greek.
  • s. v.sub voce.
  • Ed.edition, editions, edited.
  • ch.chapter.
  • perh.perhaps.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • cp.compare.
  • gramm.grammar.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Dropl.Droplaugar-sona saga. (D. II.)
  • Þorst. hv.Þorsteins-þáttr hvíta. (D. II.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Vd.Vatnsdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
  • Kb.Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
  • Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Pm.Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)