tóa
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, ( tófa); [this word, at present the general name for the fox, seems not to occur in old writers ( fóa, refr, melrakki), not even among the names of foxes, ii. 490; but it occurs in the modern rhyme quoted by Maurer, 169; the etymology is not certain, between the two vowels some consonant has been absorbed, f, tófa, from the fox’s tufted tail; or, it may be akin to tæfa, týja (), tæve = a dam with cubs.]
B. A fox, passim in usage; aldrei tryggist tóa | þó tekin sé úr henni róa, ; aldrei verðr tóan tryggð | teigað hefir hún lamba blóð, | sízt er von á djúpri dyggð | dóttir Skolla er ekki góð, a ditty; there are in rhymed fables called Tóu-kvæði = Fox-songs; one at least (not published) is attributed to Hallgrim Pétrsson (17th century); but the earliest is the Skaufala-bálkr, cp the words grýla, refr, skröggr, skaufali, mel-rakki (see melr).: tóu-skinn, tóu-skott, a fox-skin, fox-tail. tóu-yrlingr, a fox-cub.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- qs.quasi.
- cp.compare.
- perh.perhaps.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Dan.Danish.
- mod.modern.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Hallgr.Hallgrímr Pétrsson.