ráskinn
nafnorðhvorugkynrá-skinn
; this dubious, obsolete word occurs in only four passages; in the (in both the passages), as also in the from the vellum 132, it is spelt hraskinn, but no doubt erroneously, unless the h be a remains of a former v, vráskinn, [for the proper origin of this word can only be from rá, f = cabin, though only used ]:—a ‘cabin-skin,’ hammock (= húðfat, ), an abode, refuge; þeir höfðu ráskinn hjá feðrum sínum, ii. 93; hann vildi eigi láta vera við bæ sinn ráskinn þeirra Þorgils ok Þormóðar, 102; Drottinn er minn styrkr, mitt r. ok frjálsati, the Lord is my strength, my hammock ( refuge), and my deliverer, 51. Ps. xciv. 22. ráskinns-leikr, the game of hide and seek (?), 174.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- qs.quasi.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- q. v.quod vide.
- i. e.id est.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.Fóstbræðra saga. (D. II.)
- Arna-Magn.Arna-Magnacanus.
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Bárð.Bárðar saga. (D. V.)