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1 glitrandi, ljómandi
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2 ÁLFR
(-s, -ar), m. elf, fairy (hóll er skamt heðan er álfar búa í).* * *s, m. [A. S. ælf, munt-ælfen, sæ-ælfen, wudu-ælfen, etc.; Engl. elf, elves, in Shakespeare ouphes are ‘fairies;’ Germ. alb and elfen, Erl- in Erlkönig (Göthe) is, according to Grimm, a corrupt form from the Danish Ellekonge qs. Elver-konge]; in the west of Icel. also pronounced álbr:I. mythically, an elf, fairy; the Edda distinguishes between Ljósálfar, the elves of light, and Dökkálfar, of darkness (the last not elsewhere mentioned either in mod. fairy tales or in old writers), 12; the Elves and Ases are fellow gods, and form a favourite alliteration in the old mythical poems, e. g. Vsp. 53, Hm. 144, 161, Gm. 4, Ls. 2, 13, Þkv. 7, Skm. 7, 17, Sdm. 18. In the Alvismál Elves and Dwarfs are clearly distinguished as different. The abode of the elves in the Edda is Álfheimar, fairy land, and their king the god Frey (the god of light), Edda 12; see the poem Gm. 12, Álfheim Frey gáfu í árdaga tívar at tannfé. In the fairy tales the Elves haunt the hills, hence their name Huldufólk, hidden people: respecting their origin, life, and customs, v. Ísl. Þjóðs. i. I sqq. In old writers the Elves are rarely mentioned; but that the same tales were told as at present is clear;—Hallr mælti, hvi brosir þú nú? þórhallr svarar, af því brosir ek, at margr hóll opnast ok hvert kvikindi býr sinn bagga bæði smá ok stór, ok gera fardaga (a foreboding of the introduction of Christianity), Fms. ii. 197, cp. landvættir; álfamenn, elves, Bs. i. 417, Fas. i. 313, 96; hóll einn er hér skamt í brott er álfar búa í, Km. 216: álfrek, in the phrase, ganga álfreka, cacare, means dirt, excrements, driving the elves away through contamination, Eb. 12, cp. Landn. 97, Fms. iv. 308, Bárð. ch. 4: álfröðull, elfin beam or light, a poët. name of the sun; álfavakir, elf-holes, the small rotten holes in the ice in spring-time in which the elves go a fishing; the white stripes in the sea in calm weather are the wakes of elfin fishing boats, etc.: medic. álfabruni is an eruption in the face, Fél. ix. 186: Ivar Aasen mentions ‘alvgust, alveblaastr, alveld,’ the breath, fire of elves (cp. St. Vitus’ dance or St. Anthony’s fire); ‘alvskot,’ a sort of cancer in the bone:—græti álfa, elfin tears, Hðm. I, is dubious; it may mean some flower with dew-drops glittering in the morning sun, vide s. v. glýstamr ( glee-steaming). Jamieson speaks of an elf’s cup, but elf tears are not noticed elsewhere; cp. Edda 39. In Sweden, where the worship of Frey prevailed, sacrifices, álfa-blót, were made to the elves, stóð húsfreyja í dyrum ok bað hann ( the guest) eigi þar innkoma, segir at þau ætti álfa blót, Hkr. ii. 124 (referring to the year 1018), cp. Korm. ch. 22.2. metaph., as the elves had the power to bewitch men, a silly, vacant person is in Icel. called álfr; hence álfalegr, silly; álfaskapr and álfaháttr, silly behaviour.II. in historical sense, the Norse district situated between the two great rivers Raumelfr and Gautelfr (Alhis Raumarum, et Gotharum) was in the mythical times called Álfheimar, and its inhabitants Álfar, Fas. i. 413, 384, 387, Fb. i. 23, vide also P. A. Munch, Beskrivelse over Norge, p. 7. For the compds v. above. -
3 eitr-fár
adj. glittering (of poison), venomous (of snakes), Edda (Gl.) -
4 glitsamligr
adj. glittering, Sks. 530. -
5 gljá
* * *(-ða, -ð), v. to glisten, shine.* * *1.ð, to glitter, Lat. nitere; það gljáir á það.2.f. a spot glittering against the sun: the name of a river. -
6 glyrnur
f. pl. cat’s eyes.* * *f. pl. [glóra], cat’s eyes glittering in the dark, Fas. iii. 385: in mod. usage as a cant name for eyes red or blood-shot. -
7 glæta
u, f. a glittering spot; vatns-glæta, a speck or pool of water; ljós-glæta, a gleam of light. -
8 regn-glæra
u, f. a glittering of rain, Sks. 227. v. l. -
9 SKÍNA
(skín; skein, skinum; skininn), v. to shine (veðr var fagrt, skein sól í heiði); impers., mun s. af í dag, it will clear up today.* * *pres. skínn, Nj. 146; þú skínn, 623. 18: mod. skín (with a single n); pres. skein, skeint (mod. skeinst), skein, pl. skinu; subj. skini; part. skininn: [Ulf. skeinan = λαμπειν, ἐξαστράπτειν; common to all Teut. languages]:—to shine; sól skínn, Grág. ii. 170; nú skínn sól í sali, Alm.; sól skein sunnan, Vsp. 4; veðr var fagrt, skein sól í heiði, Ó. H. 216; geislar skinu, Ór. 60; er sólin skínn á, Nj. 146; s. með mikilli birti, Fms. i. 77: tne phrase, skína í jarteinum, 623. 18; or, s. jarteinum, of a saint, Bs. passim; ok er hann skein í þvílíkri dýrð, Fms. x. 231; þeim er skein í heims prýði, 656 A. ii. 2; heilög Krisini hefir skinit með björtum blóma, Bs. i. 237; skínanda klæði, shining, glittering clothes, of gold-embroidered stuff, Dipl. iii. 4, v. 18, Vm. 52, 55.2. to glimmer, gleam; skínu við tólf spjót ok skildir nokkurir, Eg. 742.II. part. skininn, bleached, withered; skininn hross-hauss, Fas. ii. 300; hvítr ok skininn. -
10 svarð-merðlingar
m. pl. a poët. word, read svartmerlingar, the black glittering (see merla), Fas. i. (in a verse). -
11 ýra
(-ða), v. to shed in small drops;refl., ýrast, to drizzle;ýrðist dögg reyfit, dew settled on the fleece.* * *1.ð, [úr, n.], to drizzle; ýrðisk dögg á reifit, Stj. 397; það ýrir úr honum, it drizzles, rains: the phrase, ýra e-u úr sér, to dole out; or, það ýrir í e-t, to glitter, like drops of dew; ýranda full, a brimful beaker, Ad. 6: of the glittering particles in iron or other ore, ýrt járn, corned iron; in the saying, ýrt járn kvað kerling, átti kníf deigan.2.u, f. a squirt; Ílluga ýrur skella einatt framan í Sveini, a ditty, Espól. 1758. -
12 eitrtandraðr
pp. glittering with poison, = eitrfár. -
13 jarknasteinn
m. glittering gem.
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