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1 MEN
(gen. pl. menja), n. necklace (hann batt menit á háls sér); fig. in pl., treasures, jewels (fjöld á ek menja).* * *n., gen. pl. menja, dat. menjum; [A. S. mene; Hel. meni; cp. O. H. G. mani-kold = necklace-gold, as also the name of a plant, hence perhaps Engl. marigold; Lat. monile]:—a necklace, Þkv. 13; hringa ok men, Vsp. 23; móður menjum göfga, Hdl. 13; hlaðin háls-menjum, Am. 44, Yngl. S. ch. 17, 22:—they were also worn by men, hann lézk vilja færa þeim men er Björn hafði haft á sér, Bjarn. 67, Vápn. 26, 28: metaph. in plur. treasures, jewels, Þkv. 23, Fm. 16, Akv. 26:—poët. phrases, men jarðar, earth’s necklace = the sea, Orkn. (in a verse); men Karmtar, island necklace = the sea; lyngva men, necklace of the bush = a serpent; men storðar, the earth’s men = the world serpent, the Miðgards-orm, Lex. Poët.: as necklaces were chiefly worn by ladies, a woman is called mens Syn, the fairy of the necklace, Edda (in a verse): Men-glöð, the ‘necklace-glad,’ is the name of a fairy woman, Fb. i. 529, Fsm.: as also men-brekka, -brík, -döll, -gefn, -grund, -gunnr, -hlín -reið, -skögul, -skorð, = a lady; on the other hand, a man is called men-broti, -brjótr, -fergir, -myrðir, -rýrir, -stríðir, -vörðr, -þverrir, = the giver, breaker etc. of treasures, Lex. Poët. -
2 STORÐ
f. young wood (falla sem storð).* * *f. a young wood, plantation, Edda ii. 483: in the phrase, falla sem storð, to fall like storð, Fas. ii. 554: poët., storðar úlfr, storðar gandr, -galli, the wolf, bane, etc., of the s., i. e. fire, Lex. Poët.; storðar lykkja, ‘wood-loop,’ i. e. a serpent, Km.2. the earth (grown with brush-wood), poët., Lex. Poët.; storðar men, poët. the necklace of the earth = the sea, Hd.; hauk-storð, ‘hawk-land,’ i. e. the wrist, Lex. Poët.II. the name of an island in Norway, Fms.
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