|
|
|
Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0260, entry 28 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
[Comment on this entry] [View comments] |
The following entry has been hand-corrected once. |
HEY, n., old gen. heyvi, also spelt heyfi, mod. heyi; e.g. heyvi, Grág. i. 438; heyfi, Eb. 94 new Ed. note, and passim; but heyi, Sks. 416, and so in mod. usage; gen. pl. heyja; [Goth. havi = GREEK; A.S. hêg; Engl. hay; Hel. houwe; O. H. G. hawi; Germ. heu; Swed.-Dan. hö; Norse höy, Ivar Aasen; akin to höggva, Germ. hauen; thus hey prop. means cut grass] :-- hay; mat eðr hey, hey ok matr, Nj. 73, Grág. i. 195, 438, ii. 277, Ísl. ii. 137, Sks. 416, Lv. 18 passim: also used in plur., stores of hay, fodder; beita upp engjum ok heyjum, Fms. vi. 104; gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, Landn. 30; hann hefir rænt mik öllum heyjum, Ísl. ii. 140; hann hefir eingin hey til sölu, 138; en hey fásk lítil, 132: Icel. say, slá, raka, þurka, rifja, sæta, hirða, binda hey, to mow, rake, dry, turn, cock, get in, bind the hay. COMPDS: hey-annir, f. pl. haymaking time (July, August), Edda (Gl.), Hrafn. 25. hey-band, n. a binding hay into trusses. hey-björg, f. stores of hay, Ísl. ii. 131, 138. hey-bruni, a, m. a burning of hay, Ann. hey-deild, f. a distribution of hay, Grág. ii. 275. hey-des, f. a hay-rick (vide des), Sturl. i. 83, 195, Bs. i. 54. hey-fang, n. produce of hay, Sturl. iii. 271. hey-fátt, n. adj. falling short of hay, Rd. 211. hey-fok, n. = heyreki. hey-garðr, m. a stack-yard, Grág. ii. 249, Njarð. 384, Fb. i. 523. hey-gjald, n. payment in hay, Grág. ii. 276. hey-gjöf, f. hay fodder, Boll. 348, Sturl. iii. 292. hey-hjálmr, m. a hay-rick, Fms. vii. 298. hey-hlað, n. a hay-cock, N. G. L. i. 256, Jb. 256. hey-hlass, n. a load of hay, Eb. 188, K. Á. 176. hey-kleggi, a, m. = heydes, Fb. i. 523, Háv. 53. hey-kostr, m. stores of hay, Ísl. ii. 136. hey-lauss, adj. short of hay. hey-leiga, u, f. rent paid in hay, Ísl. ii. 131. hey-leysi, n. a failure in hay, Krók. 37. hey-lítill, adj. short of hay, Bs. i. 873. hey-meiss, m. a hay box, D. N. hey-nál, f. a hay-hook, used instead of a hay-knife. hey-rán, n. plunder of hay, Eb. hey-reki, a, m. the tossing of hay by the wind, = mod. heyfok, Grág. ii. 275. hey-rúm, n. a hay-loft, Grág. ii. 340. hey-sala, u, f. sale of hay, Jb. 223. hey-skapr, m. haymaking. hey-skipti, n. a sharing of hay, Grág. ii. 259. hey-sláttr, m. haymaking, Gþl. 410. hey-sótt, f. hay-fever, a horse's disease. hey-stakkr, m. a haystack, heystakk-garðr, m. a stack-yard, Grág. ii. 340. hey-stál, n. the middle of a hay-cock, Ísl. ii. 69. hey-tak, n. and hey-taka, u, f. plunder of hay, Eb. 154, Gþl. 545. hey-teigr, m. a strip of a hay-field, Sturl. ii. 29. hey-tjúga, n. [Dan. hötyv], a pitch-fork, Hkr. i. 24. hey-tollr, m. a hay toll, to be paid to a church, Dipl. v. 12, Vm. 115. hey-tópt, f. = heygarðr. hey-verð, n. compensation for h., Fms. iii. 210, Eb. 154. hey-verk, n. haymaking, Gull. 21, Eb. 152, Nj. 103, Bs. i. 46, Glúm. 343. hey-vöndull, m. a wisp of hay, Boll. 348. hey-þerrir, m. a 'hay-breeze,' air for drying hay. hey-þrot, n. want of hay, Ísl. ii. 132. hey-þroti, m. a being short of hay, Ísl. ii. 133. hey-þurkr, m. a drying of hay. hey-önn, f. = heyannir, Grág. ii. 261, Edda 103. UNCERTAIN For haymaking and hay stores see the Sagas passim, Hænsaþ. ch. 4, Eb. ch. 30, 37, 51, 63, Grett. ch. 50, Orms Þ. Fb. i. 522, Heiðarv. S. ch. 25, Háv. pp. 46, 47, Gísl. 14, 22, Nj. ch. 47, 77, and p. 192, and Mr. Dasent's remarks on Icel. 'hayneed,' Burnt Njal cxii, Grág., esp. the Landbr. Þ. passim.
Germanic Lexicon Project (main page)
This search system was written by
Sean Crist
Please consider
volunteering
to correct the data in these online dictionaries.
No rights reserved. Feel free to use these data in any way you please.