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1 svínfylking
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2 RANI
* * *m.1) snout (of a hog, snake);* * *a, m. a hog’s snout, Fb. ii. 27; brendan rana af svíni, Fms. vi. 365 (in a verse); tún-svín þat er hringr eða knappr eða við sé í rana, Grág. ii. 232; of a snake, ein naðra gróf inn sínum rana, Fas. i. 220.2. of the snout-shaped battle-order, (cp. svínfylking, hamalt); Eríkr konungr fylku svá liði sínu, at rani var á framan á fylkingunni, ok lukt allt útan með skjaldborg, Fms. xi. 304; þó at raninn verði harðsóttr á fylking hans, Fb. ii. 43; Hringr hafði svínfylkt liði sínu … rani var í brjósti, Fas. i. 380, cp. ‘acies per cuneos componitur,’ Tacit. Germ. ch. 6, and ‘Germani ex consuetudine sua phalange facta,’ Caesar B.G. i. ch. 52.3. a hog-shaped hill or elevation. -
3 svín-fylkja
t, to draw up in a svínfylking, Sks. 384; mjótt framan, en breiðast aptan, ok kalla menn þat svínfylkt, Mag. 167 (Ed.)
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