sívalr
lýsingarorðsí-valr
[ the same as the early si-wal, early sifwal, si-hwalf; the word is therefore not from völr, but either from hválf () or better from hverfa, by turning r into l, answering to sina-hwerpal, sin-werbal]:—round, of a stock, steeple, or the like; sívalr stokkr, 251; s. fiskr, to flatr fiskr, 91: = ball-formed, jarðar mynd er sívallt, … sívallt yfirbragð vatns ok sjóvar, 466 (but rarely). síval-vaxinn, round of growth; lágr maðr ok s., iii. 114.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- prop.proper, properly.
- Dan.Danish.
- Swed.Swedish.
- q. v.quod vide.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- opp.opposed.
- part.lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vm.Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)