sig1
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[síga], a rope which is let down; fóru þá sigin ofan í gröfina, en Þoroddr upp, 152, S: also of the rope by which a fowler is let down precipices, as described in ii. 111.
2. in ropes with weights, put over hayricks, boats, or the like, to keep them safe (láta sig á hey); whence siga-keppr, a log fastened as a weight to a rope’s end: of a log-like, slow fellow; þú ert einsog sigakeppr!
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Þjal.Þjalar-Jóns saga. (G. III.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)