ver

nafnorðhvorugkyn

1. a case; undir úlfalda verjum, 181; beðr með þýðeskt ver, iv. 218; verit var af pelli, 495; kodda-ver, a pillow-case; sængr-ver, a bed-case.2. [akin to vörr; wær; weir, usually sounded ware about Oxford still]:—the sea, only used in poets; vestr fór ek of ver, of a journey to England, 1; fyrir vestan ver (prose, fyrir vestan haf), beyond the ‘western weir,’ in the British Isles, 2. 7; fyrir handan ver, 2. 7; fyrir austan ver, east of the sea, in Norway, (); um ver, across the sea, vii. 329 (in a verse): in compds, ver-bál, ver-glóð, ‘sea-fire,’ gold; ver-fákr, a sea-steed, a ship.II. a fishing-place, station, for fishing, taking eggs, catching seals, herrings: farmers in at certain seasons of the year (spring, winter, and autumn) send some of their labourers to out-lying fishing-places (called göra mann út and út-görð); here people meet for fishing from all parts of the island; these fishing-places are called ‘ver;’ maðr hét Glúmr, hann var til vers, he was in a fishing-place, 142; þar sem menn rjúfa skipan í veri, 440; they are called ver-menn, fishermen; and ver-tíð, the fishing season; vor-vertíð, haust-vertíð, vetrar-vertíð, see Almanack: the phrases, fara í verið, vera í veri; so also the compds, egg-ver, síld-ver, sel-ver, álpta-ver, fisk-ver, the taking eggs, catching herrings, seals, swans, fish, as also of the places where these things are caught; út-ver, an outlying ver: in local names, Álpta-ver, in southern

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
cp.compare.
Engl.English.
i. e.id est.
poët.poetically.
Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)

Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Karl.Karla-magnús saga. (G. I.)
Höfuðl.Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Gkv.Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
EddaEdda. (C. I.)
Ht.Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)
Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)