válgr
lýsingarorð
, or better valgr, sounded volgr; [this word, so in usage, is not found in old writers ( i. 84 is a paper ); they always use fjálgr (), identical in sense, but unknown in ; the form, glóð-volgr, ember-hot, exactly answers to glóð-fjálgr’ of the Ýt.; in-fjálgr, , must be a false reading for ú-fjálgr = ofjelg, a word frequent in the Norwegian dialects, meaning ‘un-warm,’ cold, chilly, dismal, see ; in wealg occurs in a single instance, in Gregory’s Pastorale of King Alfred, edited by Mr. Sweet]:—warm, luke-warm; en með því þú ert volgr, og hvorki kaldr né heitr, mun ek út-skirpa þér af mínum munni, Rev. iii. 16; it is in rendering this very passage that king Alfred () uses wealgh, so there can be no doubt as to the identity of the and word: passim in usage, volg mjólk, volgt blóð, glóð-volgr, spen-volgr; spenvolg mjólk, milk warm from the cow.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- mod.modern.
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.id est.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- viz.namely.
- l. c.loco citato.
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.