nes
nafnorðhvorugkyn
, nesja, nesjum, [ næs; ness; nase; nasus = nose; as also nös nasar, = the nostrils, are kindred words]:—a ness projecting into the sea or a lake; undir nesi einu, 43; nes mikit gékk í sæ út, 129; nesit þat er fram gékk í sjóinn, 89 new ; vatn þat er nes liggr í, Ísl. ii. 345: even of a river (= oddi), 95, 96; ann-nes or and-nes, : of a slip of land, búar skulu rétta merki, ok jamna þar nesjum saman, ii. 262, 263.
II. in local names, Nes, in and Nesjum, and in compds, Álpta-nes, Laugar-nes, Langa-nes, Mjóva-nes, Suðr-nes, Norð-nes, , , and map of Iceland; in Norway, Nesjar, (see Gramm. p. xxvii, col. 2), whence Nesja-bardagi, -orusta, the battle of N., fought on Palm Sunday, 1014; Nesja-vísur, a song on the battle of N., : in Scotland, Kata-nes, and Nes, = Caithness, passim; austr á Nesjum, ix. 421, of the coast of Scotland as seen from the Isle of Man; as also in many and local names.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- Germ.German.
- Lat.Latin.
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- q. v.quod vide.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
- sing.eintala (e. singular)
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. D.Anno Domini.
- Scot.Scottish.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Fbr.Fóstbræðra saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)