nið
nafnorðkvenkyn
, niðar, i. 29; niðjum, 6 (later niðum); the gender is seen from the niðar () from the compd niðar- below, as also from the Norse and near; [ nedar; næ; near]:—the wane of the moon, when there is ‘no moon;’ it is in use in Sweden and Denmark, but now obsolete in Iceland, except in the compd niða-myrkr, niðar-myrkr; in old writers in the phrases, ný ok nið, full moon and no moon, 25; Máni stýrir göngu tungls ok ræðr nýjum ok niðum, 7; um ny hit næsta ok niðar ( ), i. 29; nótt með niðum, 24; nótt ok niðjum ( niðum) nöfn um gáfu, 6; máni, ný, nið, 76: , niða borg = the heaven, (in a verse).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- l. c.loco citato.
- provinc.provincial.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Dan.Danish.
- qs.quasi.
- esp.especially.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- i. e.id est.
- poët.poetically.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)