skarfr
nafnorðkarlkyn
[Shetl. scarf; scart]:—properly the green cormorant, pelicanus graculus, L., (Gl.); topp-skarfr, the crested cormorant, p. ater capite cristato, Eggert 554; díla-skarfr, the common cormorant, p. carbo, L., Eggcrt 556, passim: also of other sea-fowl, grá-s., the grey gull, larus canus, L., Eggert 555:—as a nickname, 21, , ii. 5.
II. in local names, Skarfa-klettr, Skarfa-hóll. skarfa-kál, , cochlearia, scurvy-grass, Eggert 321, a plant which grows on rocky sea-shores, good against scorbutic diseases.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Scot.Scottish.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- botan.botanically.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Itin.Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Dropl.Droplaugar-sona saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Dipl.Diplomatarium. (J. I.)