vagn
nafnorðkarlkyn
[from vega; wægn; wagon, wain; vogn; wagen]:— a vehicle, such as a hand-barrow, sledge, but also a chariot, carriage, as used in foreign countries, for the ancient Scandinavians hardly knew such, yet hvel-vagn, ; með sleða, vagn eða vagir, ii. 295; hón bjó sér vagn ok beitti hest fyrir (called sledge below), x. 373; tóku þau líkit ok lögðu í vagninn, 153 ( vagarnar, vagirnar); hann hafði tvá hreina ok vagn, ii. 118; vigg at söðla vagn at beita, 2. 18; hafið í vagna, 34; freista ef þeir mætti koma vögnum yfir urðina, 187; er hón sett í einn virðilegan vagn, xi. 25; skyldi þau Freyr ok kona hans sitja í vagni … fylgja vagninum ok leiða eykinn, ii. 75: a chariot, vi. 146, (referring to foreign countries): the saying, gott er heilum vagni heim at aka = all is well that ends well, 182, 166: , kjalar vagn, a ‘keel wain,’ a ship, Lex. Poët:
2. the Wain or Charles’ wain, Ursa Major, 470; birnur, vagn, kvenna-vagn, 1812. 16; in the heathen time called Óðins vagn: Odin is called vagna verr by the poets, 3; vagna runni, 21; vagna grimnir, xi. (in a verse),— from the constellation, unless it refer to the legend mentioned in 49 (er ek kjálka dró): the heaven is vagns-höll, vagn-ræfr, vagn-braut, the hall, roof, road of the Wain, Geisli, i. 316.II. Vagn, a name, xi,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- Dan.Danish.
- Germ.German.
- prop.proper, properly.
- q. v.quod vide.
- v. l.varia lectio.
- poët.poetically.
- i. e.id est.
- astron.astronomy, astronomically.
- prob.probably.
- pr.proper, properly.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Gkv.Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Magn.Magnús saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Alm.Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Stor.Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
- Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Jómsv. S.Jómsvíkinga saga. (E. I.)