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norn

nafnorðkvenkyn
, Nornir:—the weird sisters of the old mythology; nornir heita þær er nauð skapa, 113; þessar meyjar skapa mönnum aldr, þær köllu vér nornir, 11, 17: sundr-bornar mjök hygg ek at nornir sé, eigut þær ætt saman, The three heavenly Norns, Urðr, Verðandi, Skuld, dwelt at the well Urðar-brunn, ruled the fate of the world, but three Norns were also present at the birth of every man and cast the weird of his life; nótt var í bæ, nornir kómu, þaer er öðlingi aldr um skópu, 1. 2; the Norna Gest Þ., i. 358; góðar nornir skapa góðan aldr, en þeir menn er fyrir úsköpum verða, þá valda því íllar nornir, 11; rétt skiptu því nornir, the Norns ruled it righteously, 18; norna dómr, the doom of the Norns, the weird, 11; íllr er dómr norna, i, 508 (in a verse); njóta norna dóms, to fill one’s days, die, Ýt.; norn erumk grirnm, the weird is cruel to me, (in a verse); norna sköp = norna dómr, fár gengr of sköp norna, a saying, 24: in popular superstition severe hereditary illnesses are called norna sköp, x. : norna grey, the Norns’ hounds = wolves, 30; norna-stóll, a Norn’s chair, 51 (a dubious passage): in 16—láta nornir gráta nái, to let the Norns bewail the dead—norn seems to be = fylgju-kona, , as also in 13: in usage in a bad sense, a hag, witch, álfar ok nornir, ok annat íllþýði, i. 37; hún er mesta norn, she is a great Norn, of an angry, bad woman; arkaðú á fætr, öldruð norn, 1. 73; galdra-norn, a witch: , nistis-norn, auð-norn, hlað-norn, = the Norn of these jewels = a woman,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • cp.compare.
  • s. v.sub voce.
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • perh.perhaps.
  • mod.modern.
  • poët.poetically.
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Sdm.Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
  • Fm.Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
  • Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Km.Kráku-mál. (A. III.)
  • Fél.Félags-rit.
  • Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
  • Sól.Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
  • Akv.Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Gh.Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
  • Úlf.Úlfars-rímur.
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.