oddhending
nafnorðkvenkynodd-hending
a metrical term, when the first rhyming syllable stands at the head of a verse; thus in haf-löður skeflir the syllable ‘haf’ is an oddhending, () 121: in usage, in Ballads (Rímur), it means two rhyming syllables in the first, and one in the second line, three being an odd number of rhyme syllables—thus, sveipaðr mundd | á silki hrund | sat eg undir kvendi is an oddhending.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- mod.modern.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Ht.Hátta-tal. (C. I.)