orrosta
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, , orosta or orusta, with a single r; in rhymes orrostur þorrinn, Sighvat, shewing that the assimilation had even then taken place: [this word is identical with eornest = duellum; ernust = pugna: whence Fngl. earnest. ernst, of which orrosta is an assimilated form, ornosta, see Grimm’s Dict. ernst]:—a battle, , 8, v. 71, vi. 69, in countless instances, for orrosta and bardagi () are used indiscriminately.
2. in local names, Orrostu-hólmr, -hváll, -tangi, Battle-hill, , ,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- mod.modern.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- qs.quasi.
- s. v.sub voce.
- q. v.quod vide.
- etc.et cetera.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)