píka
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, [ pige; piga], a girl, lass, virgin; a word, of which the origin is uncertain, for it occurs for the first time in Norway about the end of the 14th century, and in in the 15th; píkan Margreta, the spinster M., iii. 420 (in a deed of 1378); unga píku, 5. 31; sveinninn nefndist Herrauðr, en píkan Herríðr, ii. 447 (a romance and ballad of the 15th century); píku-brot, ( 184); píku-skrækr, 136. In the word is rare and rather low; it can hardly be used of a gentlewoman.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Dan.Danish.
- Swed.Swedish.
- for.foreign.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Skáld H.Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Stef. Ól.Stefán Ólafsson.
- SnótSnót, poems.