slæmr
lýsingarorð
1. , without and , ‘slim,’ but only used,II. vile, bad, very in usage, but not found in old writers; it is a gentler expression than ‘vándr’ or ‘íllr;’ used both of men and things, þú ert slæmr, það er slæmt, ‘tis a pity.
2. [akin to sleyma], the ‘slim end,’ only used as a technical term for the third and last subdivision of an old poem: these poems consisted of three parts, the ‘Introduction,’ the ‘Middle with the burdens’ (Stefja-mál), and the ‘Slæmr;’ hef ek slæm, enn lýk stefjum, I begin the Slæm and finish the Burdens, Rekst. 24, Gd. 41, Harms. 46, Leiðarv. 24; see as specimens the Edit. of the poems in ii. 196, 215.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
- superl.efsta stig (e. superlative)
- prop.proper, properly.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- mod.modern.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- viz.namely.
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)