skeggi
nafnorðkarlkyn
a, , skeggjar, in the compds, eyjar-skeggjar, ‘island-shaggies,’ islanders, in the Sagas, originally a sort of soubriquet, owing to the notion that islanders were more rough and wild in their habits than other men; the word is particularly used of the Faroe islanders, , : Götu-skeggjar, the name of a family from Gata in Faroe; Mostrar-skeggr, the nickname of Thorolf of Moster, an island in Norway, , ; hraun-skeggi, the man of the wilderness,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- i. e.id est.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- prob.probably.
- cp.compare.
- Fær.Færeyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)