slíma
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, sliminess. slímu-setr, , in the phrase, sitja slímusetr; in olden times, when wayfarers were hospitably entertained, a man who remained as guest above a certain time (three days at most, and for a stranger a single night) was said to sitja s., and was regarded as a vagrant or cosherer, and might be punished, i. 72, 200; þat var engi siðr at sitja lengr en þrjár nætr at kynni, it was not manners to stay longer than three nights in a visit, 698: exactly the same is still said in Scotland, see Lockhart’s ‘Life of Sir W. Scott,’ 1871, p. 589, in a foot-note.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- cp.compare.
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)