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1 HJÁLMR
(-s, -ar), m.1) helm, helmet;* * *m. [Goth. hilms; A. S., Engl., Hel., O. H. G., and Germ. helm; Dan.-Swed. hjalm; Ital. elmo; old Fr. heaume; a Teut. word prob. derived from hylja, to hide]:—a helm, helmet; distinguished from stálhúfa, a steel hood; luktr hjálmr, a closed, shut helm, only occurs in very late writers, e. g. D. N. i. 321; steyptir hjálmar, Gkv. 2. 19, cannot mean cast-iron helmets, but must be helmets coming over the face, as cast-iron was unknown in the Middle Ages, see Aarb. for Nord. Oldk. 1868, p. 9; aringreypir hjálmar, helms shaped like an eagle’s beak, Akv. 3; gull-h., a gilt helm; ár-hjálmr, a brazen helmet, Hkm.: the word âr is A. S., since helmets were of English workmanship, as is seen also in Valskir hjálmar, foreign helmets, which are mentioned by Sighvat.2. in the mythology Odin is called Hjálm-beri, a, m. helm-bearer, Gm.; he and the Valkyrias were represented as wearing helmets, Edda, Hkm. 9, Hkv. 1. 15; whence the poets call the helmet the hood of Odin (Hropts höttr): the vault of heaven is called the ‘helm’ of the wind, sun, etc., lopt-h., vind-h., sólar-h., Lex. Poët.: the head is called hjálm-stofn, hjálm-staup, hjálm-stallr, hjálm-setr, the stem, knoll, seat of the helm: the weapons, hjálm-angr, -grand, -gagarr, -gríðr, -reyr, -skass, -svell, are called the bane, ogre, etc. of the helm: battle is hjálm-drífa, -grap, -hríð, -rödd, -skúr, -þrima, the storm, gale of the helm: a warrior is hjálm-lestir, -njótr, -njörðungr, -rækjandi, -stafr, -stýrandi, -týr, -þollr, -þróttr: it appears in adjectives, hjálm-faldinn, helm-hooded; hjálm-göfugr, -prýddr, -samr, -tamiðr, decked with, wearing a helm, Lex. Poët.3. metaph. and mythol.; huliðs-hjálmr, a ‘hiding-helm,’ cap of darkness, Germ. tarn-kappe, which in the popular tales makes the wearer invisible, in Alm. the clouds are so called; ægis-hjálmr (ýgrs-h.), cp. the Αιγίς of the Greek, helm of terror, properly used of serpents, Sæm. 13 (prose), Edda 73, Fas. i. 175: in the phrase, bera ægishjálm yfir e-m, to bear the ægis over or before another, i. e. to hold him in awe and submission, Fm. 16, 17, Ld. 130, Fms. viii. 101, Fas. i. 162, Sd. 155, Hrafn. 19, cp. Ad. 4: in mod. usage, hafa ægis-hjálm í augum, to have an ægis in one’s eyes, i. e. a magical overawing power of eye; cp. hjalm = horror, Ivar Aasen: in pr. names, Hjálmr, Hjálmarr, Hjálm-geirr, Hjálm-grímr, Hjálm-gunnarr, Hjálm-týr, Hjálmr-gerðr, not freq., Landn., Fbr. iii, Edda; suffixed in Vil-hjálmr, William.II. of helmet-shaped things:1. a rick of barley, hay, or the like (bygg-h., hey-h., korn-h., q. v.); hlaða korni í hjálma, Ó. H. 30, Stj. 413, N. G. L. ii. 358: also a hay-house, barn, hjálma ok hús, i. 38; cp. hjálm-hús.2. kerta-hjálmr, ljósa-h., a chandelier. -
2 breiða
(-dda, -ddr), v. to spread; breiða borð, to lay the cloth on the table; breiða fáðm, to stretch out the arms; breiða út, to lay out for dryinig, as hay; breiða út hendr, to stretch out the hands; breiða et yfir en, to cover one with a thing, chiefly of the bedclothes.* * *1.dd, [Ulf. braidjan; Germ. breiten], to ‘broaden,’ unfold; b. feld á höfuð sér, to spread a cloak on the head, Nj. 164; b. út, to lay out for drying, Sd. 179, Ld. 290, Fbr. 17, chiefly of hay; b. völl and b. hey a völl, Jb. 193; b. e-t yfir e-n, to cover one in a thing, chiefly of the bed-clothes, Nj. 20, Fms. viii. 237; b. út hendr, to stretch out the hands, vii. 250, Th. 9; b. faðm, id., Rm. 16, Pass. 34. 2; b. borð (mod., b. á borð), to lay the cloth on the table, Bs. ii. 42.2.u, f. a drift, flock, of snow, hay, or the like; also fjár-breiða, a flock of white sheep; ábreiða, a cover, etc. -
3 engja-hey
n. hay of the eng, = út-hey, ‘out-field hay,’ opp. to taða, hay from the well-manured home-field. -
4 taða
(gen. pl. taðna), f.1) the manured field, home-field (skulu þeir slá í töðu í dag);2) the hay from the manured field (raka töðu sína alla saman í stór-sæti).* * *u, f., gen. pl. taðna, Grág. ii. 257, [tað], the hay from the well-manured home-field (see tún), Nj. 67; þá er þar útbeit svá góð nautum, at þat er kallat jamnt ok stakkr töðu, Eg. 711; auka sína töðu, Grág. ii. 257; raka töðu sína alla saman í stór-sæti, Eb. 224; var þá svá komit heyverkum at Fróðá at taða öll var slegin, en full-þurr nær helmingrinn, 260; veðr er gott, sagði hann, ok mun skína af í dag, skolu þér slá í töðu í dag, en vér munum annan dag hirða hey várt, 152; taðan stóð úti umhverfis húsin í stór-sæti, Bandkr. 59; hann setti fyrir tveggja yxna sleða, ok ók saman alla töðu sína, Landn. 94; hey heima ok útangarðs nær fjórum tigum faðma toðu en mjök svá engi úthey, Dipl. v. 18; sjá um bú sitt meðan töður manna eru undir, Nj. 193.2. the home-field, infield; Vali beitir töður órar, Kormak; töður ok engjar, the infields and outfields, Grág. ii. 217; menn eigu ok at brjóta jörð ef þeir vilja til taðna sér, 257; ok er hann hafði lokit heimatöðunni, when he had done mowing the infield, Finnb. 340; svá görisk at þessu mikill gangr, at þat beit upp alla töðuna, Krók. 5 new Ed.COMPDS: töðualinn, töðuannir, töðugarðr, töðugjöld, töðugæft, töðugöltr, töðuverk, töðuvöllr. -
5 út-hey
n. the ‘out-hay,’ i. e. hay of the unmanured out-fields, opp. to taða (q. v.), Dipl. v. 18. -
6 STAKKR
(-s, -ar), m.1) cape, short cloak (hann var í blám stakki);2) stack of hay; stakks völlr, a field producing one stack.* * *m. a short coarse bag-like blouse without a waist, Fas. ii. 343, Nj. 143, Fbr. 59, Fs. 33; skinn-s., fanga-s., bak-s., þófa-s., q. v.; stakks-vaðmál, Ann. 1330.II. a stack of hay, from the shape; átta stakka völl, Fb. i. 522; myndi þó af ganga fimm stakkar, Ísl. ii. 138; útbeit svá góð at þat var jafnt ok s. töðu, Eg. 711; torf-stakkr. stakks-völlr, m. a field producing one s., Fb. i. 522. -
7 heima-taða
u, f. the hay from the home-field, Finnb. 340. -
8 hey-reki
a, m. the tossing of hay by the wind, = mod. heyfok, Grág. ii. 275. -
9 töðu-verk
n. the making hay in the infield, Finnb. 340. -
10 þvalr
þvöl, þvalt, adj. [þvagla, þvál], damp, steaming, as if coming fresh from the washing-tub, used of cloth, fresh-cut hay, or the like. -
11 heimataða
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12 töðuverk
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13 engja-grasnautn
f. right of grazing, making hay in the eng, Vm. 48. -
14 engja-verk
n. making hay in the eng. -
15 engja-vinna
f. making hay in the eng. -
16 visk
f. wisp (hálm-visk, sef-visk).* * *f. a wisp, of hay or the like, freq. in mod. usage; cp. sef-visk, hálm-visk, qq. v. -
17 engjagrasnautn
n. right of grazing, or making hay in the engjar. -
18 úthey
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19 HEY
* * *(dat. heyi or heyvi), n. hay;hirða hey, to get in hay;pl. stores of hay (hann hefir rænt mik öllum heyjum).* * *n., old gen. heyvi, also spelt heyfi, mod. heyi; e. g. heyvi, Grág. i. 438; heyfi, Eb. 94 new Ed. note, and passim; but heyi, Sks. 416, and so in mod. usage; gen. pl. heyja; [Goth. havi = χόρτος; A. S. hêg; Engl. hay; Hel. houwe; O. H. G. hawi; Germ. heu; Swed.-Dan. hö; Norse höy, Ivar Aasen; akin to höggva, Germ. hauen; thus hey prop. means cut grass]:—hay; mat eðr hey, hey ok matr, Nj. 73, Grág. i. 195, 438, ii. 277, Ísl. ii. 137, Sks. 416, Lv. 18 passim: also used in plur., stores of hay, fodder; beita upp engjum ok heyjum, Fms. vi. 104; gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, Landn. 30; hann hefir rænt mik öllum heyjum, Ísl. ii. 140; hann hefir eingin hey til sölu, 138; en hey fásk lítil, 132: Icel. say, slá, raka, þurka, rifja, sæta, hirða, binda hey, to mow, rake, dry, turn, cock, get in, bind the hay.COMPDS: heyannir, heyband, heybjörg, heybruni, heydeild, heydes, heyfang, heyfátt, heyfok, heygarðr, heygjald, heygjöf, heyhjálmr, heyhlað, heyhlass, heykleggi, heykostr, heylauss, heyleiga, heyleysi, heylítill, heymeiss, heynál, heyrán, heyreki, heyrúm, heysala, heyskapr, heyskipti, heysláttr, heysótt, heystakkr, heystakkgarðr, heystál, heytak, heyteigr, heytjúga, heytollr, heytópt, heyverð, heyverk, heyvöndull, heyþerrir, heyþrot, heyþroti, heyþurkr, heyönn. -
20 ÖNN
* * *I)(gen. annar, pl. annir), f.2) pl. annir, working season, esp. the hay-making season (en þetta var of annir).* * *1.f. an obsolete word, some part of a sword, the tip or the chape (?), Edda (Gl.); önnar (unnar Cod. wrongly) tunga, the tongue of the önn, i. e. the sword’s blade, Landn. (in a verse); in Hkv. Hjörv. 9 the true reading, we believe, is ‘önn’ er í oddi for ‘ógn;’ hjalt, hugró, önn, egg, valböst all being parts of a sword.2.f., gen. annar, pl. annir: [one is tempted to trace this word to the Goth. aþn and ataþni = ἐνιαυτός, a year; if so, the original sense would be a season, time, and work, business the derived; see annt, anna, amboð]:—a working season; en þetta var of annir, the hay-making season, Bs. i. 339; ef maðr fiskir um annir, ok gengr í grið at vetri, Grág. i. 151; hálfan mánuð um annir, 152; á miðil anna skal löggarð göra, in the time between two working seasons, ii. 261; þat heitir anna í millum, Gþl. 410 (onne millom, Ivar Aasen), the time between two working seasons, e. g. between ploughing time and hay-making, or fencing and hay-making, or the like; vár-önn, the sowing season; löggarðs-önn or garð-önn, the fencing season; hey-önn, the hay season; garðlags-önn, Grág. ii. 261; tún-annir, q. v.2. work, business; hann var í mikilli önn, very busy, Fms. iv. 119; önn ok erfiði, Gísl. 17; önga önn né starf skaltú hafa fyrir um búnað þinn … skal ek þat annask, Ld. 86; hafa önn ok umhyggju fyrir e-u, id., Fms. i. 291; önn fékk jötni orðbæginn halr, Hým. 3; henni var mikil önn á um ferðir Arons, Bs. i. 539; bera önn fyrir e-u, to take care of, 686; skulu vér nú önn hafa at langvistir órar skili aldregi, Hom. (St.); ala önn fyrir e-u, to care for, provide for, maintain; vera önnum kafinn, to be overwhelmed with work; vera í önnum, to be busy; í óða-önn, and the like. ☞ In the phrase, þola önn fyrir e-n, önn seems to be = önd = breath; see önd and þola.
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