dolk

1) a pin (to fasten a cloak with);

2) dagger.

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m. [cp. mod. Germ. dolch, which word docs not appear in Germ. till the 16th century (Grimm); Bohem. and Pol. tulich; mod. Dan. dolk]:— the pin in the cloaks (feldr) of the ancients, whence also called feldar-dálkr, Glúm. ch. 8, Korm. ch. 25, Fms. i. 180, Gísl. 55, Hkr. Hák. S. Góða ch. 18; cp. also the verse l. c., where the poet calls it feldar-stingr, cloak-pin, cp. Tac. Germ. ch. 17.

2. the vertebrae of a fish’s tail: it is a child’s game iu Icel. to hold it up and ask, hvað eru margar árar á borði undir sporði? whilst the other has to guess how many joints there are, cp. the Ital. game morra, Lat. ‘micare digitis.’

β. a column in a book.

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n. track, footprint (þeir rekja s. sem hundar); ganga (stíga) í s. e-m, to walk in one’s footsteps, follow one’s example (víst hefir þú vel fram gengit, en þó hefir þú eigi gengit mér í s.); ekki spor, not a step.

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n. [Ulf. spaurds = στάδιον; A. S. spyrd, spor, = a track, footstep; O. H. G. spurt; Germ. spur; Dan. spor; these last having, like the Icel., dropped a d]:—a track, footprint; eptir þetta sté Froði í bergit … til þessa spors mun ek koma hvern dag, ok vita hvat í sporinu er, Fas. i. 63; manns-sporin í snjónum … heim munu liggja spor hans, Fs. 41; mátti eigi hrærask ór þeim sporum, Bs. i. 357; standa í þeim sporum, Sturl. ii. 63; þeir rekja spor sem hundar, Fms. i. 8; standa í sömum sporum. to stand still, Clem. 32, Fas. i. 63; hann stóð í spori er hann hafði gört sér, Grett. 89: ganga í spor e-m, to go in a man’s footsteps, go behind him, Nj. 26 vist hefir þá vel fram gengit, en þó hefir þú eigi gengit mér í spor, not followed in my steps, 108; hvetja sporit, to quicken one’s steps: spretta úr spori, to question the pace of a rider; fót-spor, q. v.: metaphorical phrases, þótti synir hans vel stíga í spor honum, his sons stepped well in his footprints, were like him, Fs. 61; blístra í spor e-m, Korm.; sjá ben markar spjóti spor, Sd.: the phrase, renna blóði í spor, Bkv. 17, referring to a heathen rite of making foster-brotherhood by blending blood in one’s footprints (vestigia sua mutui sanguinis aspersione perfundere, Saxo 12), cp. Gísl., Fbr. S.: at vörmu spori (adverbial), on the warm track, instantly, in return; ‘fote-hot,’ Chaucer; poët. usages, sverða spor, a’sword’s prints’ i. e. wounds, Úlf. 11. 16; eggja spor, an ‘edge-print,’ Lex. Poët.: dólg-spor = dólk-spor, dirk-prints., Hkv. 2. 40. spora-drjúgr, adj. fast pacing.