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1 FÍLL
* * *(-s, -ar), m. elephant.* * *m. [early Swed. and Dan. fil], an elephant; this interesting word, which is still in exclusive use in Icel., was borrowed from the Persian fil, and came to Scandinavia in early times, probably by the eastern road of trade through Russia and Constantinople; it occurs in a verse of the 10th century (Fb. i. 209), the genuineness of which may be doubtful, but at all events the word is old; freq. in Al., Stj., Flóv., and romances. But úlfaldi, Goth. ulbandus, A. S. olfend or olvend, a corruption of the Gr. ελέφαντ-, means camel.COMPDS: fílsbein, fílstönn. -
2 úlfaldi
m. camel.* * *a, m. [Ulf. ulbandus = κάμηλος; A. S. olfend; Hel. olvunt; O. H. G. olpente; from the Gr. ἐλεφάς, -άντος, although in an altered sense]:—a camel, Stj., Greg. passim; the word occurs as the nickname of a man early in the 11th century, Fms. vi. (Brynjólfr úlfaldi); it is still in full use in Icel., hægra er úlfaldanum at ganga í gegnum nálar-augað enn ríkum manni at komast í Guðs ríki, Luke xviii. 25; hann tók tíu úlfalda … af síns herra úlföldum … hún segir drekk þá, eg vil og gefa þínum úlföldum að drekka, Gen. xxiv. The word ‘camel’ has never been adopted in the Icel.
См. также в других словарях:
olfend — m ( es/ ) camel [L elephantem] … Old to modern English dictionary
olfend — … Useful english dictionary
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