the lid

(pl. -ir), f.

1) prop. weight (þat fé allt, er at vættum skal kaupa);

2) of a definite weight, in Norway = 1/24 of a skippund; in Iceland = 80 lbs. (þrjár vættir ullar).

n. lid of a chest or shrine.

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or vétt, n. [from vega, because it moved on hinges], the lid of a chest or shrine (mod. lok); skrúða-kista vánd með lausu vætti, Pm. 124; skrín … en yfir uppi vétt vaxit sem ræfr, eru á vettinu lamar á bak en hespur fyrir, Ó. H. 235; niðr í kistuna, skellt aptr vett ok settr láss fyrir, Pr. 412; hann tók upp vettit af hásætis-kistunni, Ó. T. 58; þér skuluð göra kistu ok skal ekki vætt yfir vera, Fb. iii. 300, Mag. 113.

(lýk; lauk, lukum; lokinn), v.

1) to shut (= lúka aptr);

2) to end, bring to an end, finish, conclude, with dat. (hann lauk rœðu sinni);

þá er menn höfðu lokit lögskilum at mæla, when they had finished their pleading;

3) to pay, lúka e-m e-t (svá mikit fé, sem vér eigum konunginum at lúka);

4) impers., lýkr e-u, it is at an end;

lýkr þar nú sögunni, here the story ends;

eptir þat var lokit þinginu, after that the Thing was broken up;

var þess ván, at illa mundi illum lúka, that it would end badly with a bad man;

þá var lokit öllum vistum nema hval, all stores were exhausted, except whale;

absol., svá lauk at lyktum, finally it ended so that;

lýkr svá, at þeir kaupa þessu, it ended so that they struck the bargain;

áðr en lýkr, áðr lýkr, before the end comes (nærr munum við gangast áðr lýkr);

um þat er lýkr, finally, in the end;

5) with preps.:

lúka aptr, to shut, with acc. or dat. (lúka aptr hurðina or hurðinni);

lúka e-u í sundr, to open (lúk heill munni í sundr);

impers., er í sundr lauk firðinum, when the fjord opened;

lúka upp, to open, with dat. or acc. (lúka upp hurðinni or hurðina);

lúka upp augum, to open the eyes;

to declare, make known (en er jarl hafði því upp lokit, at hann mundi fylgja þeim);

lúka uppgørð, to deliver a judgement (of an umpire);

impers., lýkr e-u upp, it opens;

lúka vel (illa) við e-n, to behave well (ill), deal fairly (unfairly) with a person (Bolli fekk Sigríði gjaforð göfugt ok lauk vel við hana);

lúka við, to end (má vera, at svá lúki við, at þér þykki alkeypt);

lúka yfir, impers., to come to an end, to a final issue (skal nú yfir lúka með oss);

6) refl., lúkast, to be shut (ok þegar laukst hurðin á hæla honum);

to come to an end, to end (hér lýkst sjá bók);

lúkast upp, to open (fjallit laukst upp norðan).

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u, f. the hollow hand held like a cup, and in plur. of both hands held together.

II. the lid in the opening of a loft. lúku-gat, n. an opening in a loft.

or vett-rim, f. [vætt, n.], the ‘lid-ridge,’ i. e. the ridge which runs along the sword blade, leaving a hollow in the middle (in a scythe called smiðreim), Edda (Gl.); tók af oddinn af Hvítingi fyrir framan vettrimina, Korm. 88; sumar á vetrimum, Sdm. 6.

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(gen. pl. augna), n.

1) eye;

lúka (bregða) upp augum, bregða augum í sundr, to open (lift up) the eyes;

lúka aptr augum, to shift the eyes;

renna (bregða, leiða) augum til e-s, to turn the eyes to;

leiða e-n augum, to measure one with the eyes;

berja augum í e-t, to take into consideration;

koma augum á e-t, to set eyes on, become aware of;

hafa auga á e-u, t have, keep, an eye upon;

segja e-t í augu upp, to one’s face, right in the face;

unna e-m sem augum í höfði sér, as one’s own eye-balls;

e-m vex e-t í augu, one has scruples about;

náit er nef augum, the nose is neighbor to the eyes;

gløggt er gests augat, a guest’s eye is sharp;

mörg eru dags augu, the day has many eyes;

eigi leyna augu, ef ann kona manni, the eyes cannot hide it if a woman loves a man;

2) hole, aperture in a needle (nálarauga), in a millstone (kvarnarauga) or an axe-head;

3) pit full of water.

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n., gen. pl. augna, [Lat. oculus, a dimin. of an obsolete ocus; Gr. οφθαλμός (Boeot. οκταλμός); Sanskr. aksha: the word is common to Sanskrit with the Slavonic, Greek, Roman, and Teutonic idioms: Goth. augo; Germ, auge; A. S. eâge; Engl. eye; Scot. ee; Swed. öga; Dan. öje, etc. Grimm s. v. suggests a relationship to Lat. acies, acutus, etc. The letter n appears in the plur. of the mod. northern languages; the Swedes say ‘ögon,’ oculi, the Danes ‘öjne;’ with the article ‘ögonen’ and ‘öjnene;’ Old Engl. ‘eyne;’ Scot. ‘een’]

I. an eye. It is used in Icel. in a great many proverbs, e. g. betr sjá augu en auga, ‘two eyes see better than one,’ i. e. it is good to yield to advice: referring to love, unir auga meðan á sér, the eye is pleased whilst it can behold (viz. the object of its affection), Fas. i. 125, cp. Völs. rím. 4. 189; eigi leyna augu, ef ann kona manni, the eyes cannot bide it, if a woman love a man, i. e. they tell their own tale, Ísl. ii. 251. This pretty proverb is an απ. λεγ. l. c. and is now out of use; it is no doubt taken from a poem in a dróttkvætt metre, (old proverbs have alliteration, but neither rhymes nor assonance, rhyming proverbs are of a comparatively late date): medic., eigi er sá heill er í augun verkir, Fbr. 75; sá drepr opt fæti ( slips) er augnanna missir, Bs. i. 742; hætt er einu auganu nema vel fari, he who has only one eye to lose will take care of it (comm.); húsbóndans auga sér bezt, the master’s eye sees best; glögt er gests augat, a guest’s eye is sharp; mörg eru dags augu, the day has many eyes, i. e. what is to be hidden must not be done in broad daylight, Hm. 81; náið er nef augum, the nose is near akin to the eyes (tua res agitur paries quum proximus ardet), Nj. 21; opt verðr slíkt á sæ, kvað selr, var skotinn í auga, this often happens at sea, quoth the seal, when he was shot in the eye, of one who is in a scrape, Fms. viii. 402. In many phrases, at unna ( to love) e-m sem augum í höfði sér, as one’s own eye-balls, Nj. 217; þótti mér slökt it sætasta ljós augna minna, by his death the sweetest light of my eyes was quenched, 187: hvert grætr þú nú Skarphéðinn? eigi er þat segir Skarphéðinn, en hitt er satt at súrnar í augum, the eyes smart from smoke, 200: renna, líta augum, to seek with the eyes, to look upon: it is used in various connections, renna, líta ástaraugum, vánaraugum, vinaraugum, trúaraugum, öfundaraugum, girndarauga, with eyes of love, hope, friendship, faith, envy, desire: mæna a. denotes an upward or praying look; stara, fixed; horfa, attentive; lygna, blundskaka, stupid or slow; blína, glápa, góna, vacant or silly; skima, wandering; hvessa augu, a threatening look; leiða e-n a., to measure one with the eyes; gjóta, or skjóta hornauga, or skjóta a. í skjálg, to throw a side glance of dislike or ill-will; gjóta augum is always in a bad sense; renna, líta mostly in a good sense: gefa e-u auga, oculum adjicere alicui; hafa auga á e-u, to keep an eye on it; segja e-m e-t í augu upp, to one’s face, Orkn. 454; at augum, adverb. with open eyes, Hervar. S. (in a verse), etc. As regards various movements of the eyes; ljúka upp augum, to open the eyes; láta aptr augun, to shut the eyes; draga auga í pung, to draw the eye into a purse, i. e. shut one eye; depla augum, to blink; at drepa titlinga (Germ. äugeln, blinzen), to wink, to kill tits with the suppressed glances of the eye; glóðarauga, a suffusion on the eye, hyposphagma; kýrauga. proptosis; vagl á auga, a beam in the eye; skjálgr, Lat. limus; ský, albugo; tekinn til augnanna, with sunken eyes, etc., Fél. ix. 192; a. bresta, in death: hafa stýrur í augum, to have prickles in the eyes, when the eyes ache for want of sleep: vatna músum, ‘to water mice,’ used esp. of children weeping silently and trying to hide their tears. As to the look or expression of the eyes there are sundry metaph. phrases, e. g. hafa fékróka í augum, to have wrinkles at the corners of the eyes, of a shrewd money getting fellow, Fms. ii. 84, cp. Orkn. 330, 188, where krókauga is a cognom.; kvenna-króka, one insinuating with the fair sex; hafa ægishjalm í augum is a metaphor of one with a piercing, commanding eye, an old mythical term for the magical power of the eye, v. Grimm’s D. Mythol. under Ægishjalmr: vera mjótt á milli augnanna, the distance between the eyes being short, is a popular saying, denoting a close, stingy man, hence mjóeygr means close: e-m vex e-t í augu (now augum), to shrink back from, of a thing waxing and growing before one’s eyes so that one dares not face it. As to the shape, colour, etc. of the eye, vide the adj. ‘eygr’ or ‘eygðr’ in its many compds. Lastly we may mention the belief, that when the water in baptism touches the eyes, the child is thereby in future life prevented from seeing ghosts or goblins, vide the words úfreskr and skygn. No spell can touch the human eye; en er harm sá augu hans (that of Loki in the shape of a bird), þá grunaði hann (the giant) at maðr mundi vera, Edda 60; í bessum birni þykist hón kenna augu Bjarnar konungs sonar, Fas. i. 51, vide Ísl. Þjóðs.

II. meton. and metaph. auga is used in a great many connections:

α. astron.; þjaza augu, the eyes of the giant Thiazi, is a constellation, probably the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux; the story is told in the Edda 47, cp. Harbarðsljóð 19; (Snorri attributes it to Odin, the poem to Thor.)

β. botan., auga = Lat. gemma, Hjalt. 38; kattarauga, cat’s eye, is the flower forget-me-not.

γ. the spots that form the numbers on dice, Magn. 530.

δ. the hole in a millstone; kvarnarauga, Edda 79, 221, Hkr. i. 121: the opening into which an axe handle is fastened, Sturl. ii. 91: a pit full of water, Fs. 45: nálarauga, a needle’s eye: vindauga, wind’s eye or window (which orig. had no glass in it), A. S. eag-dura (eye-door); also gluggi, q. v.: gleraugu, spectacles.

ε. anatom., the pan of the hip joint, v. augnakarl, Fms. iii. 392: gagnaugu, temples.

ζ. hafsauga, the bottom of the ocean, in the popular phrase, fara út í hafsauga, descendere ad tartara.

η. poët. the sun is called heimsauga, dagsauga, Jónas 119.

COMPDS either with sing. auga or pl. augna; in the latter case mod. usage sometimes drops the connecting vowel a, e. g. augn-dapr, augn-depra, augn-fagr, etc. auga-bragð (augna-), n. the twinkling of an eye, Hm. 77; á einu a., in the twinkling of an eye, Ver. 32, Edda (pref.) 146, Sks. 559, Rb. 568: a glance, look, snart a., Fms. ii. 174; mikit a., v. 335; úfagrligt a., Fs. 43; hafa a. af e-u, to cast a look at, Fbr. 49, Fms. xi. 424: in the phrase, at hafa e-n (or verða) at augabragði, metaph. to make sport of, to mock, deride, gaze at, Stj. 627, 567, Hm. 5, 29. auga-brun, f. the eye-brow. auga-staðr, m. an eye-mark; hafa a. á e-u, to mark with the eye. auga-steinn (augna-), m. the eye-ball, Hkr. iii. 365, Fms. v. 152. augna-bending, f. a warning glance, Pr. 452. augna-blik, n. mod. = augnabragð, s. augna-bólga, u, f. ophthalmia. augna-brá, f. the eye-lid, D. N. i. 216. augna-fagr and aug-fagr, adj. fair-eyed, Fas. ii. 365, Fms. v. 200. augna-fró, f. a plant, eye-bright, euphrasia, also augna-gras, Hjalt. 231. augna-fræ, n. lychnis alpina. augna-gaman, n. a sport, delight for the eyes to gaze at, Ld. 202, Bær. 17, Fsm. 5 (love, sweetheart). augna-gróm, n. (medic.) a spot in the eye; metaph., ekki a., no mere speck, of whatever can easily be seen. augna-hár, n. an eye-lash. augna-hvannr, m. the eye-lid. augna-hvita, u, f. albugo. augna-karl, n. the pan of the hip joint; slíta or slitna or augnaköllunum, Fas. iii. 392. augna-kast, n. a wild glance, Barl. 167. augna-kláði, a, m. psorophthalmi. augna-krókr, n. the corner of the eye. augna-lag, n. a look, Ld. 154. augna-lok, n. ‘eye-covers,’ eye-lids. augna-mein, n. a disease of the eye. augna-mjörkvi, a, m. dimness of the eye, Pr. 471. augna-ráð, n. expression of the eye. augna-skot, n. a look askance, Gþl. 286, Fs. 44 (of cats). augna-slím, n. glaucoma. augna-staðr, m. the socket of the eye, Magn. 532. augna-sveinn, m. a lad leading a blind man, Str. 46. augn-tepra, u, f. hippus. augna-topt, f. the socket of the eye. augna-verkr, m. pain in the eye, Hkr. ii. 257, Bs. i. 451, Pr. 471, Bjarn. 58. augna-vik, n. pl. = augnakrókr. augna-þungi, a, m. heaviness of the eye, Hkr. ii. 257.

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1) bolt (of a door); láta l. frá hurðu, to unbolt a door;

2) lock (en lyklar vóru settir í lokin);

3) cover, lid (ok l. yfir kerinu);

4) locker or bench in the stern of a boat, = stafnlok (gekk biskup fram í lokit);

5) in pl. lockers; gullhringr hvarf frá husfreyju ór lokum; out of the lockers;

6) fig. in pl. end, conclusion; þat fylgir ljóða lokum, this is the end of my lay; fœra e-t til loka, to put an end to; liða undir l., to die, perish; at lokum, at last, = loks; til loks, to an end; completely, altogether.

n. a kind of fern or weed; ganga sem l. yfir akr, to spread like weeds over a field.

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n. [lúka], a cover, lid of a chest, vessel; hann stakk endanum í lokit þar sem lykillinn gékk at, Mag. 1; ok lok yfir kerinu, Eb. 196; hálfrýmis-kistur þeirra stóðu á skipum, en lyklar vóru settir í lokin, Fms. viii. 85, Mag. 24, 78; kistu-lok, pott-lok: of a ship, a locker or bench in the stem of a boat, mod. stafn-lok, gékk biskup fram í lokit, Bs. ii. 129.

2. in plur. lockers; þeir brutu upp hurðir ok hirzlur, lok ok lása, Sturl. ii. 11; gullhringr hvarf frá húsfreyju ór lokum ( out of the lockers) er vandlega vóru læst, Bs. i. 329; í lásum eða í lokum, N. G. L. i. 84; þá eru lok þeirra óheilög við broti, Jb. 424.

II. metaph. plur. an end, conclusion, cp. Germ. schluss; þat fylgir ljóða lokum, Hm. 164; lok mun ek þess segja, Am. 35; fella lok á e-t, to bring to an end, Grág. i. 67; færa til loka, id., Bs. i. 132; líða undir lok, to end, die, perish, Nj. 156, Thom.; leiðar lok, journey’s end, conclusion, Stj. 442; nest-lok, æfi-lok, mála-lok, leiks-lok, q. v.

III. adverb. loks, at last, fînally, Fms. xi. 45, 86, Fbr. 23; and til loks, id., Eluc. 73, Rb. 76, 366, Stj. 417, Þorst. Síðu H. 9; loksins, adv. at last, finally, Bs. i. 443, Fbr. 23.

(pl. brýnn), f.

1) brow, the projecting edge of a cliff or hill (cf. fjalls, heiðar, isbrún);

2) eyebrow; láta síga brýnn á nef fyrir brár, ofan fyrir augum, setja síða brún hleypa brúnum, to kni tthe brows lypta brúnum, hefja upp brún, to lift the eyebrows, become cheerful, brighten up; also impers., hefr em upp brún, one brightens up; lypti þá mjök brúnum manna, therfaces brightened up; em bregðr í brún, one is amazed.

(pl. brúnir), f. a kind of stuff.

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f., old pl. brýnn, mod. brýr; the old form remains in the phrase, bera e-m e-t á brýn (qs. Brýnn):— eye-brow (brá = eye-lid), Fms. xi. 274; kom ( the blow) á brúnina, ok hljóp hón ofan fyrir augat…. bindr upp brúnina, Þorst. St. 49; ór brúnunum ofan nefið, Ísl. ii. 368; skegg ok brýnn, Stj. 318; brá eðr brúna. Edda 109.

β. in reference to frames of mind; to lift the eye-brows denoting a pleasurable state; to drop them, a moody frame; in phrases, bregða í brún ; (brýnn?), to be amazed, v. bregða; lypta brúnum, to lift the eye-brows, to be glad, cheerful, Fs. 18: hóf þá upp brún (impers.), their faces cleared, Bs. i. 637, Eg. 55; síga lætr þú brýnn fyrir brár, cp. the Engl. to knit the brows, Hkv. Hjörv. 19; er hann sá at Þórr lét siga brýnnar ofan fyrir augun, Edda 28; hleypa brúnum. id., Eg. 305, hence létt-brýnn. glad; þung-brynn, moody; brún-ölvi, id.; hafa brögð undir brúnum, to look uncanny, Band.; vera (so and so) undir brún at líta, to look so and so, esp. in an uncanny sense, Nj. 55, Orkn. 284; bera e-m e-t á brýnn (vide bera B. 1. β), Greg. 51, Rd. 241.

II. metaph. the brow of a fell, moor, etc. (fjalls-brún, heiðar-brún, veggjar-brún); is-brún, the edge of ice; á framanverðri brúninni, efstu brúninni, on the mountain edge, Sturl. i. 84: the first beam of day in the sky (dags-brún), litil brún af degi; lands-brún, the ‘lands-brow,’ i. e. the first sight of a mountain above the water.

COMPDS: brúnabein, brúnamikill, brúnasíðr, brúnaskurðr.

f. a kind of stuff or tapestry (for. word), Vm. 24, 31, 146, 177, Pm. 25, Bs. i. 762.

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1) bolt (of a door); láta l. frá hurðu, to unbolt a door;

2) lock (en lyklar vóru settir í lokin);

3) cover, lid (ok l. yfir kerinu);

4) locker or bench in the stern of a boat, = stafnlok (gekk biskup fram í lokit);

5) in pl. lockers; gullhringr hvarf frá husfreyju ór lokum; out of the lockers;

6) fig. in pl. end, conclusion; þat fylgir ljóða lokum, this is the end of my lay; fœra e-t til loka, to put an end to; liða undir l., to die, perish; at lokum, at last, = loks; til loks, to an end; completely, altogether.

n. a kind of fern or weed; ganga sem l. yfir akr, to spread like weeds over a field.

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n. [Ivar Aasen lok; Dan. laag; the word remains in Engl. hem-lock], a kind of fern or weed; in the phrase, ganga sem lok yfir akr, to spread like weeds over a field; menn hans gengu sem lok yfir akra, Orkn. 4; gengu þeir einir yfir allt sem lok yfir akra, Fbr. 24 new Ed.; the mod. sem logi yfir akra is a corruption of the old phrase.

I) (gen. brár, pl. brár), f. eyelash.

II) from bregða.

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f. [Ulf. braw; A. S. bræv; Engl. brow; Germ. brau], an eye-lid; brár (gen. sing.), Edda 15; brár (nom. pl.), 6; brám (dat. pl.), Vþm. 41; brá (gen. pl.), Ad. 5; cp. Baldrs-brá, Gull-brá, Ísl. Þjóðs.: in poetry the eyes are called brú-tungl, -máni, -sól, -geisli, moon-, sun-beam of the brow; tears are brá-regn, -drift, rain of the brow; the head brá-völlr, field of the brow, etc., Lex. Poët.

(pl. -ir), f. door;

hurð er aptr, the door is shut;

drepa á hurð, to knock at the door.

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f. [Goth. haurds = θύρα; A. S. hyrdel; Engl. hurdle; O. H. G. hurt]:—a door, = Lat. janua; drepa, berja á hurð, Th. 3, Ísl. ii. 31, Hom. 96, Vm. 34, Jm. 8, Stj. 402; reka aptr hurð, Ísl. ii. 158, Korm. 10, Eg. 749; úti-hurð, stofu-hurð, búr-hurð, eldhús-hurð, N. G. L. i. 38; hurð er aptr, shut, Ísl. ii. 31, passim: a hurdle, Grág. ii. 328: a lid, Eg. 234.

II. metaph. phrases, eigi fellr honum þá hurð á hæla ef ek fylgi honum, the door shuts not on his heels if I follow him, i. e. I go in with him, he is not alone, Fas. i. 204; ef hér hafa hurðir verit loknar eptir þessum manni, if he has been taken in-doors, Ld. 42; hurð hnigin, a shut door, for this phrase see hníga; at seilask um hurð til lokunnar, to stretch oneself across the door to the latch, to try to reach farther than one can, Grett. 67 new Ed.

COMPDS: hurðanaust, hurðaráss, hurðarbak, hurðarbora, hurðarflaki, hurðarhringr, hurðarhæll, hurðarjárn, hurðarklofi, hurðarlauss, hurðarloka, hurðaroki.

n. silver.

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n., provinc. Icel. also silbr, Fb. ii. 247; [Goth. silubr; Hel. silubar; O. H. G. silbar; Germ. silber; Engl. silver; Scot. siller; Dan. sölv; Swed. silfuer]:—silver, Al. 21, 116, Fms. i. 15, ii. 76, vi. 216, Grág. i. 500, Eg. 278: when used as payment distinction is made between lög-silfr (q. v.), standard silver, Grág.; gang-s. (q. v.), current silver; brennt s., burnt, purified silver, K. Þ. K. 172; skírt s., pure silver, Fb. ii. 300, MS. 732. 16; and blá-s. (q. v.), blue, i. e. bad silver (blá-silfr had only the third part value of skírt silfr, 732. 16); bleikt s., Grág. ii. 192; grá-s., grey silver, brass; hence the phrase, bera sem gull af grá-silfri, to surpass as gold does grey silver, Gkv. 2. 2; so also in the saying, elda grátt silfr, Eb. 290, Fb. i. 522 (see elda): of coined silver, þá var mönnum gefinn máli, þat silfr var kallat Haralds-slátta, þat var meiri hluti koparr, Fms. vi. 243.

II. as a nickname, silfri, silfra, Vd., Vápn. 12; whence Silfra-staðir, Silfr-toppr (or Silfrin-toppr), ‘Silver-forelock,’ Silver-top, the name of a mythical horse, Gm.

B. Used in compds to denote a thing made of silver; silfr-ampli, -ausa, -bolli, -buðkr, -diskr, -kalkr (-kaleikr), -ker, -munnlaug, -skál …, a jug, scoop, bowl, box, plate, chalice, vessel, basin …, of silver, Dipl. v. 18, Hkr. i. 50, ii. 221, Fms. iii. 177, 194, Vm. 56, 63, 95, Js. 78; silfr-spánn, a silver spoon, Bs. i. 874, Vm. 58, 109, Dipl, iii. 4; silfr-baugr, a silver ring, Glúm. 388; silfr-belti, a silver belt, Ld. 284, Nj. 24, Vm. 129; silfr-borð, a desk of silver, Fas. iii. 670; silfr-stíll, a silver pencil, D. N. iv. 233; silfr-flyngja, a silver clasp, Vm. 34; silfr-spöng, a silver clasp, B. K. 83; silfr-búnaðr, silver ornaments, Pm. 90; silfr-sylgja, a silver brooch, Bs.; silfr-festr, a silver chain. Fas. iii. 273, Vm. 109; silfr-þráðr, silver-wire, Dipl. iii. 4; silfr-hadda, a silver handle, Fms. vi. 184; silfr-hólkr, a silver knob to a stick, Ó. H.; silfr-horn, a drinking-horn of silver, Fas. i. 90; silfr-hringr, a silver ring, Fms. iv. 76, Ld. 274; silfr-rós, a silver rosary (?), Vm. 58, 109, Dipl. v. 18, Bs. i. 874; silfr-kross, a silver cross, Vm. 2; silfr-lok, a silver lid, 58; silfr-skeið, a silver spoon, D. N. ii. 627; silfr-men, a silver necklace, Nj. 256; silfr-penningr, a silver penny, Fms. i. 1, Stj., Rb. 508; silfr-vápn, a silver weapon, Fas. ii. 178; silfr-hella, a plate of silver, D. N.; silfr-beisl, a silver bit, Flóv. 26.

II. silfr-skrín, -hirzla, -kista, -kistill, a shrine, chest, box for keeping silver, Jm. 10, Am. 90, Karl. 13, Eg. 766.

C. PROPER COMPDS: silfrberg, silfrbúinn, silfrdrjúgr, silfreyrir, silfrfátt, silfrgangr, silfrhvítr, silfrlagðr, silfrligr, silfrmerktr, silfrmetinn, silfrofinn, silfrrekinn, silfrslátta, silfrsmiðr, silfrsmíð.