spjörr
nafnorðkvenkyn
, only in spjarrar, spjarir:—swathing-bands, used instead of hose or stockings; Auðr kona þín er í brókum ok vafit spjörrum mjök í skúa niðr, A. thy wife dresses in breeks (like a man), winding swathes round her legs almost down to the shoes, 136; hvítar brækr ok vafit at neðan spjörrum, því var hann vaf-spjarra Grímr kallaðr, swathing the legs (instead of stockings), for which he was called ‘swaddle-leg’ 14.
2. a rag, tatter; þat sem áðr er slitið ok at spjörum orðit, iii. 7: the phrase, spyrja e-n ór spjörunum, to examine one without his hose on, to strip and examine him closely, : in usage also , hann á ekki eina spjör, not a scrap of clothing on his back.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- mod.modern.
- i. e.id est.
- sing.eintala (e. singular)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- SnótSnót, poems.