syrpa
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, [sorp; = a swill for beasts; Norse sörpe]:—a dirty woman, ii. 629: the name of an ogress, (Gl.)
2. a volume of miscellaneous things; kvæða syrpa, syrpa mín (‘my syrpa,’ the book into which the poet entered his occasional songs), to the Poems of Thorarinson, p. 1. syrpu-þing, , in syrpuþings-lög, a kind of mock pleading, mock lawsuit, composed as an entertainment; var hann eptir í stofu á kveldin er Þorkell gékk at sofa, ok hefir frammi margs-konar ertingar, ok þat hafa menn sagt at hann hafi fyrstr fundit upp á Syrpuþings-lög; menn kómu víða af bæjum, ok görðisk þar af þyss mikill, 26; the exact thing is now lost, it was something similar to the Skraparots-prédikan.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- prop.proper, properly.
- i. e.id est.
- pref.preface.
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- perh.perhaps.
- mod.modern.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- BjarniBjarni Thorarinson.
- Lv.Ljósvetninga saga. (D. II.)