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CEÓ, ció; indecl. f. A CHOUGH, a bird of the genus corvus, ajay, crow, jackdaw; cornix, gracculus, monedula :-- Ðeós ceó hÆc cornix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64; Som. 13, 58. Ceó gracculus vel monedula, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 13; Wrt. Voc. 29, 36. [Scot, keaw: Dut. kauw, f: M. H. Ger. kouch, m. a horned owl: O. H. Ger. kaha, f: Dan. kaa, kaje, m. f: Swed. kaja, f: Icel. kjói, m. a sea-bird.]
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pur
a
bittern(?)
:--
Hæferbl
te
vel
pur
bicoca,
Wrt.
Voc.
i.
21,
42.
Ráradumbla,
ðæt
is
pur
onocrotalus,
62,
21.
[Purre
two
sea-birds,
the
tern
and
the
black-headed
gull;
pirre-,
pyr-maw
a
sea-bird,
E.
D.
S.
Publ.
Antrim
and
Down
Glossary.]
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brim-fugol m sea-bird
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HAF,
n.
[Swed.
haf;
Dan.
hav;
formed
from
hefja,
to
lift;
a
Scandin.
word,
which
seems
not
to
occur
in
Saxon
or
Germ.]
:--
the
sea,
Hdl.
38;
esp.
the
high
sea,
the
ocean;
sigla
í
(á)
haf,
láta
í
haf,
to
put
to
sea,
Eg.
69,
Nj.
4;
fimm
(sex)
dægra
haf,
five
(six)
days'
sail,
Landn.
26;
koma
af
hafi,
to
come
off
the
sea,i.e.
to
land,
Eg.
392;
en
haf
svá
mikit
millum
landanna,
at
eigi
er
fært
langskipum,
Hkr.
i.
229;
harm
sigldi
norðr
í
haf
um
haustið,
ok
fengu
ofviðri
mikit
í
hafi,
Ó.
H.
26;
sigldi
Þórarinn
þá
á
haf
út,
125;
sigldu
síðan
á
haf
út
þegar
byr
gaf,
Eg.
125;
en
byrr
bar
þá
í
haf
út,
id.;
en
er
sóttisk
hafit,
126;
liggja
til
hafs,
to
lie
to
and
wait
for
a
wind,
Bs.
i.
16;
hann
dó
í
hafi,
he
died
at
sea,
Landn.
264;
þeir
vissusk
jafnan
til
í
hafinu,
56;
veita
e-m
far
um
hafit,
Eb.
196;
tyrir
austan
mitt
haf,
beyond
the
sea
(i.e.
between
Iceland
and
Scandinavia);
en
er
inn
sækir
í
fjörðinn
þá
er
þar
svá
vítt
sem
mikit
haf,
Fms.
vi.
296
(for
the
explanation
of
this
passage
see
Aarböger
for
Nord.
Oldk.
1868);
útí
fjarðar-kjapta
þar
til
er
haf
tekr
við,
Bs.
i.
482:
in
plur.,
ganga
höf
stór
ór
útsjánum
inn
í
jörðina,
Hkr.
(begin.);
út-haf,
regin-haf,
the
ocean;
Íslands-haf,
the
sea
between
Iceland
and
Norway,
Fms.
vi.
107,
Band.
9;
Grænlands-haf,
the
sea
between
Greenland
and
America,
Fms.
iv.
177;
Englands-haf,
the
English
Sea,
i.e.
the
North
Sea,
between
England
and
Norway,
329,
x.
272,
398,
xi.
201,
Fær.
88;
Írlands-haf,
the
Irish
Sea,
i.e.
the
Atlantic,
Þorf.
Karl.
390;
Álanz-haf,
the
gulf
of
Bothnia,
Orkn.
(begin.);
Sólundar-haf,
the
sea
of
the
Sulin
Island
(Norway),
Fms.
x.
34,
122;
Grikklands-haf,
the
Grecian
Archipelago,
vi.
134,
161,
vii.
85,
passim;
Svarta-haf,
the
Black
Sea,
Hkr.
i.
5,
Fms.
vi.
169;
Jótlands-haf,
the
Cattegat,
264;
Jórsala-haf,
the
sea
of
Jerusalem,
i.e.
the
Mediterranean,
x.
85,
Fb.
iii;
Rauða-haf
or
Hafið
Rauða,
the
'Red
Sea,'
i.e.
the
Ocean
(mythol.),
nú
heldr
jörð
griðum
upp,
en
himininn
varðar
fyrir
ofan,
en
Hafit
Rauða
fyrir
utan,
er
liggr
um
lönd
öll
þau
er
vér
höfum
tíðendi
af,
Grág.
i.
166;
in
mod.
usage
the
Red
Sea
=
Sinus
Arabicus;
Dumbs-haf,
the
Polar
Sea,
Landn.;
Miðjarðar-haf,
the
Mediterranean;
Atlants-haf,
the
Atlantic;
Kyrra-haf,
the
Pacific
(these
three
in
mod.
writers
only).
COMPDS:
hafs-afl,
n.
the
main,
Sks.
606,
v.l.
hafs-auga,
n.,
see
p.
33,
col.
2
(
).
hafs-botn,
m.
a
gulf;
firðir
ok
hafs-botnar,
Sks.
199:
of
the
Polar
Sea,
as
the
ancients
supposed
a
continuity
of
land
between
Greenland
and
Europe,
Fms.
xi.
411;
hafsbotn
er
heitir
Svarta-haf,
Hkr.
i.
5.
hafs-brún,
f.
the
'sea-brow,'
the
sea-line
on
the
horizon,
cp.
lands-brún,
s.
v.
brún,
p.
84.
hafs-flóð,
n.
a
deluge,
Rb.
444.
hafs-geil,
f.
a
sea
lane,
i.e.
a
narrow
strait,
Stj.
287.
Exod.
xiv.
22,
23.
hafs-geimr,
m.
=
hafsmegin.
hafs-megin,
n.
the
main,
the
high
sea;
sakir
hafsmegins,
storma
ok
strauma,
Fms.
i.
153;
þótti
þeim
íllt
at
eiga
lengr
við
hafsmegin,
i.e.
they
longed
for
land,
Eb.
120;
allmikill
harmr
er
þat,
er
vér
eigum
svá
langt
hingað
at
sækja,
fyrst
hafs-megin
mikit,
etc.
(i.e.
between
Iceland
and
Sweden),
Ó.
H.
57.
haf-alda,
u,
f.
a
roller,
wave.
haf-att,
f.
=
hafgola.
haf-bára,
u,
f.
a
wave,
Stj.
26.
haf-bylgja,
f.
id.,
Bs.
ii.
50.
haf-fugl,
m.
a
sea-bird,
Stj.
78.
haf-færr
and
haf-færandi,
part.
sea-going,
sea-worthy,
of
a
ship,
Eg.
364,
Hkr.
ii.
183,
Krók.
42.
haf-för,
f.
a
sea
voyage,
Landn.
174.
haf-gerðingar,
f.
pl.
'sea-fens,'
portentous
waves
mentioned
by
old
sailors
in
the
main
between
Iceland
and
America,
described
in
Sks.
171,
Bs.
i.
483;
hann
fór
til
Grænalands
ok
hom
í
hafgerðingar,
Landn.
319
(10th
century),
whence
Hafgerðinga-drápa,
u,
f.
the
name
of
a
poem
(a
votive
poem
composed
during
a
tornado),
Landn.
320.
haf-gjálfr,
n.
the
roar
of
the
sea,
Bs.
i.
119,
ii.
50,
Róm.
369.
haf-gola,
u,
f.
a
sea
breeze,
Eb.
8,
Eg.
370,
373,
Sturl.
iii.
70.
haf-gúfa,
u,
m.
a
mermaid,
Sks.
138,
Fas.
ii.
249,
Edda
(Gl.)
haf-hallt,
adj.
standing
seaward,
Fms.
i.
62,
63.
haf-hrútr,
m.
a
sea
ram,
Fms.
viii.
373.
haf-íss,
m.
'sea-ice,'
i.e.
drift
ice,
Landn.
30,
Bs.
ii.
5,
Eb.
292,
Ann.
1233,
1261,
1275,
1306,
1319,
1375.
haf-kaldr,
adj.,
poët.
cold
as
the
sea,
Lex.
Poët.
haf-kóngr,
m.
a
kind
of
shell,
Eggert
Itin.
haf-lauðr,
n.,
poët.
sea
foam,
Lex.
Poët.
haf-leið,
f.
standing
seawards,
Fms.
i.
59.
haf-leiðis,
adv.
seawards,
Hkr.
i.
181.
Haf-liði,
a,
m.
'Sea-slider,'
a
pr.
name,
Landn.
haf-ligr,
adj.
marine,
Sks.
605.
haf-nest,
n.
provisions
for
a
voyage,
Grett.
94
A,
Eb.
haf-nýra,
n.,
poët.
a
'sea-kidney,'
a
pearl,
Hd.
haf-reið,
f.,
poët.
a
ship.
haf-rek,
n.
a
wreck,
Gþl.
519.
haf-reka,
adj.
indecl.
wrecked,
tossed
about,
Ann.
1347.
haf-rekinn,
part.
shipwrecked,
Bs.
i.
819.
haf-rekstr,
m.
wreck,
jetsum;
með
öllum
gögnum
ok
gæðum,
með
flutningum
ok
hafrekstri,
Dipl.
iii.
10.
haf-ræðr,
adj.
sea-worthy,
able-bodied,
of
a
sailor,
B.
K.
20.
haf-rœna,
u,
f.
a
sea
breeze.
haf-rœnn,
adj.
blowing
from
the
sea.
haf-sigling,
f.
a
voyage.
hafsiglingar-maðr,
m.
a
seaman,
mariner,
Landn.
28.
haf-skip,
n.
a
sea-going
ship,
Landn.
47,
Grág.
ii.
397,
Eg.
130,
Fms.
ii.
219.
haf-skíð,
n.,
poët.
a
ship.
haf-skrimsl,
n.
a
sea-monster,
Sks.
86.
haf-sleipnir,
m.
a
sea-horse,
poët.
a
ship.
haf-stormr,
m.
a
storm
at
sea,
Bret.
98,
Sks.
227.
haf-strambr,
m.
a
fabulous
sea-monster,
Sks.
166,
Ann.
1305.
haf-straumr,
m.
a
sea
current,
Lex.
Poët.
haf-súla,
u,
f.
a
kind
of
bird,
bassanus.
haf-tyrðill,
m.
uria
alla,
a
sea-bird,
Edda
(Gl.)
haf-velktr,
part.
sea-tossed,
Krók.
75.
haf-viðri,
n.
a
sea
breeze,
Landn.
225,
Eg.
373,
Bárð.
6
new
Ed.
haf-villr,
adj.
having
lost
one's
course
at
sea,
Nj.
267,
v.l.
haf-villur,
f.
pl.
loss
of
one's
course
at
sea,
Finnb.
242;
rak
þá
víða
um
hafit,
vóru
þeir
flestir
innanborðs
at
á
kom
hafvilla,
Ld.
74;
koma
nú
á
fyrir
þeim
myrkr
ok
hafvillur,
Fms.
iii.
181,
Þorf.
Karl.
372.
haf-þrunginn,
part.
sea-swoln,
Mar.
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KRÍA, u, f. [this word does not occur in old writers, and may be derived from Swed. kry, from the brisk and lively temper of this bird]: -- a sea-bird, the tern, Lat. sterna; from this restless and noisy bird comes the saying, vera einsog kriá á steini, or, einsog kría verpi, to be restless and unsteady. kríu-egg, n. the egg of a k. For an account of this bird, which abounds in Icel., see Eggert Itin. ch. 675; and for the curious lawsuit called Kríu-mál, see Espol. Árb. 1692, 1693.
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SKÚFR, m. a tassel, Eb. 216; dúk með fjórum skúfum, Post. 16. 2. the hip-tendon. II. a sea-bird = skúmr (q.v.), Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët., Eggert Itin. 2. a pr. name, Fbr.: a local name, Skúf-ey, Fær.
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fúl-már, m. the 'foul-mew' or fulmar, a sea-bird, Hallfred; cp. Bewick.
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