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tungl

nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ tuggl in a gloss, to Gal. iv. 9; tungol; tungal; zungal; tungel; also tingl]:— a luminary (= sidus), which sense remains in the compd himin-tungl; in prose, ancient as well as modern, this word has altogether superseded the word ‘máni,’ which is only poetical.
II. the moon (= tungel), 118, 114, 108, 627, 172; nýtt tungl, fullt tungl, Almanack ( the words ný and nið), passim: phrases, tunglið veðr í skýjum, the moon wades in clouds: for usage, enni-tungl, tungl brá, = the eyes, , see ☞ No word in the language rhymes with tungl, hence the tale of the man capping verses with the devil, Maurer Volksagen. The ancients called the full moon the ‘new moon,’ ný (), but used nið () = no moon for the new moon; the modern phrase ‘new moon’ (nýtt tungl), = the young moon, is derived from the Latin.B. : tunglaldr, tunglaukan, tunglár, tunglfyllr, tunglganga, tunglhlaup, tunglhoppan, tunglkváma, tunglsljós, tunglmein, tunglsjúkr, tunglskin, tunglsýki, tungltal, tungltalsöld, tungltíð, tungltími, tunglæði, tunglærr, tunglöld.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Hel.Heliand.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • cp.compare.
  • prop.proper, properly.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • poët.poetically.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
  • Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
  • Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
  • Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.