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1 KNAPPR
(-s, -ar), m.1) knob (staf íhendi ok knapp á); ríða knapp á, to furnish a thing with a knob;2) stud, button (með knappi ok nezlu).* * *m., mod. hnappr, [A. S. cnæp; Engl. knop (Chaucer), later knob; Germ. knopf; Dutch knop]:—a knob; staf í hendi ok knapp á, Þorf. Karl. 374; the knob or head of a pole or the like, Fms. viii. 428; þá skýfðu þegar knappinn or hrips-grindinni. Lv. 65; stöng mikil upp ór ok knappr á ór gulli, Fb. ii. 128; upp af hornstöfunum vóru stórir knappar af eiri görvir, 297; á ofanverðri þeirri stöng er einn mikill gullknappr, Þiðr, 189; stöng gulli búin upp at knöppunum, id.; hringr eða knappr, Grág. ii. 232: the phrase, gefa frelsi frá horni ok knappi, from the clasp and neck-collar being a badge of servitude, N. G. L. i. 228; ríða knapp á e-t, to furnish a thing with the knob, i. e. finish it, Ísl. ii. 102.2. a stud, button; kjafal kneppt saman milli fóta með knappi ok nezlu, Þorf. Karl. 412. knappa-svipa, u, f. a kind of lash = Russ. knut, Bs. ii. 10. -
2 knappr
(-s, -ar), m.1) knob (staf íhendi ok knapp á); ríða knapp á, to furnish a thing with a knob;2) stud, button (með knappi ok nezlu).* * *adj. [Dan. knap], scanty.
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