svell
nafnorðhvorugkyn
swollen ice, a lump of ice; mikit svell var hlaupit upp, 144; svell þrútnar upp hjá garði, ii. 283; svelli ok hjarni var steypt yfir alla jörð, ii. 228: in usage ‘svell’ is ice with solid ground beneath, ‘iss’ ice on water: , handar svell, the ice of the hand, gold; sárs, dreyra, fetla svell, ‘wound-ice,’ weapons,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- mod.modern.
- poët.poetically.
- i. e.id est.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.