svefnþorn
nafnorðkarlkynsvefn-þorn
a ‘sleep-thorn;’ the popular notion was that charmed sleep is produced by putting the ‘sleep-thorn’ into the sleeper’s ears, then he will not awake until the thorn falls out; stinga e-m svefnþorn, to stick one with the sleeping-thorn, i. 18, 19; or, stinga e-n svefnþorni, Ísl. ii. 183, iii. 303, ( 43, Hrafnag. 13.)
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.compare.
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Fm.Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)