padda
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, [ pada; Dutch padde; paddock]:—a toad; ormar, eðlur, froskar, ok pöddur, snakes, lizards, frogs, and toads, x. 380; mýss ok ormar, eðlur ok pöddur, 109; ekki eitrkvikindi, hvárki ormr né padda, 88, 623. 26; þar eru eigi höggormar, froskr né padda, there are neither snakes, frogs, nor toads, in Ireland, referring to the tale of St. Patrick,—a legend taken from a popular etymology of the saint’s name, ‘padd-reaker,’ toad-driver.
2. in , where no amphibia are found, used of any insects or beetles in pools or foul water.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- viz.namely.
- qs.quasi.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)