skolli
nafnorðkarlkyn
a, the ‘skulker,’ a fox, Reynard, (Gl.); used in nursery tales and in games, skolla-leikr, the fox-game, blind-man’s-buff, in which every man in turn pats the skolli (the blindfolded man) on the shoulder, shouting, klukk, klukk, skolli minn, klukk, klukk! and then turns round; hann hleypr upp at selinu ok spurði hvárt skolli væri inni, whether the fox were in? 278, iii. 218; hann gaf stór högg á dyrnar ok spurði hvárt skolli væri inni …,—answer, Inni er skolli ok ekki hræddr | bittu til þess að hann er klæddr, i. 53: in the phrase, skella skolla-eyrunum við e-u, to turn a ‘fox-ear’ (deaf-ear) to a thing.
2. the evil one, a word used in swearing; hvaða skolli! skollans! hence in : skollabrækr, skollahráki, skollafingr, skollaleikr, skollareipi, skollafótr, skollakál.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- esp.especially.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- SafnSafn til Sögu Islands.