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1 mikill, alvarlegur
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2 nístandi, gnístandi
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3 erfiðis-nauð
f. servitude, grinding labour, Stj. 247, 265. -
4 Grotti
a, m. the mythical mill in Edda; whence Grotta-söngr, m. name of a poem; also in local names Grotti, a current near to Reykjavík; akin to Engl. grit, groats, cp. also Ivar Aasen s. v. grötte ( the nave in a mill-stone); the tale of the enchanted mill grinding gold and salt etc. at the bottom of the sea is common to all Teutons (vide Edda), and survives in popular tales of Germany, Norway, and Iceland: the sea is called Skerja-grotti, Skerry-grinder, Edda (in a verse). -
5 KVERN
(pl. -ir), f.1) quern-stone, millstone;2) quern, handmill (þar sat kona við kvern).* * *f., gen. kvernar, but the mod. form kvörn, gen. kvarnar; [Ulf. qairnus, Mark ix. 42; A. S. cwyrn; Old Engl. quern; O. H. G. quirn; Dan. kværn; Swed. quarn]:—a handmill; þar sat kona við kvern, Fms. vii. 233; ok und kvernum klaka, Ls. 44; era þat karls-ætt er á kvernum stendr, Hkv. 2. 2; bondwomen used to turn the handmills, and the turning of the quern was, as it still is in Icel., where every farm has its handmill, accompanied by singing a song, see esp. the Millsong in the Edda (Gróttasöngr), 78 sqq.2. metaph. an eddy or whirlpool in a river is called kvern, agreeably to the legend popular among all ancient Teut. people of a wonder mill grinding salt at the bottom of the sea, such as the famous mill Grótti, in the old Danish story of king Frode, which ground gold and peace, and at last the sea salt.COMPDS: kvernarauga, kverná, kvernberg, Kvernbítr, kvernfoss, kvernhús, kvernsteinn, kvernstæði. -
6 meldr
(gen. -rs and -rar), m.1) grinding (standa at meldri);* * *m., gen. meldrs and meldrar; [mala; Swed. mäld; Ivar Aascn mælder; Scot. melder; Mælder-skin, the name of a mountain glacier in Norway, from its likeness to a flour-bag]:— flour or corn in the mill: koma til melds, to go to the mill, Gs. 4; standa at meldri, 23; Fenju meldr, the flour of Fenja = gold, Lex. Poët.; græðis meldr, sea-flour = sand (?), Edda (in a verse); the word is obsolete and poët., but remains in Sweden and Norway. -
7 púl
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8 erfidisneyð
f. grinding labour.
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