reyrr
nafnorðkarlkyn
1. , reyrar, and later reyrs, reyri, 95; [ raus = κάλαμος; rôr; rohr; Swed.-Dan. rör]:—the common reed, arundo, (Gl.); er ek í reyri sat, ; hólmi reyri vaxinn, … felit ér yðr þer í reyrinum, i. 71: used for thatching, þakt reyr eðr hálmi, vi. 153; en roknu reyr, the reeky reeds, (in a verse): , reyrar-leggr, a reed-stalk, a cane (?), (in a verse); hólm-reyrr, ‘holm-reed’ = a snake, id.; öl-reyrr, ‘ale-reed’ = a drinking-horn (?), 24 (in a verse); dal-reyrr, the ‘dale-reed’ = a snake, Ísl. ii. 353 (in a verse); or better dal-reyðr, ‘dale-trout.’2. [ rör; also hreysi and hrörr, for an h seems to belong to the word, which has been lost in the ]:—a heap of stones, a cairn (= dys); in the old law rör is a set of mark-stones, þar ær rör sum fæm stenær æru, Schlyter, see the remarks lyritr; and in the phrase, rå eða rör; it remains in the reyr-þvengr, rör-thong = a snake, (in a verse); as also in and Norse local names, Yngva-reyr, the cairn of Y., Ýt. 6; Tryggva-reyrr, the cairn of Tryggvi, i. 60. ☞ The comparison with hrörligr, hrör, hrörna, hreysi () seems conclusive that an initial h has been dropped, and that the second r stands for s.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- Lat.Latin.
- l. c.loco citato.
- poët.poetically.
- Swed.Swedish.
- cp.compare.
- s. v.sub voce.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Bjarn.Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)