súsvort
nafnorðkvenkyn
the nightingale; einn fugl þann er heitir philomela á Látinu en á Norrænu heitir súsvort, sumir kalla ok niktigalu, 39: the word is obsolete in , and the passage in stands alone in the old literature; not even does the (Gl. in the list of birds) record this word; but it is preserved in provincial Norse sysvorta (sisvorta, svisvorta) = turdus torquatus, the ring ousel, : the etymology is quite uncertain.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Barl.Barlaams saga. (F. III.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.