# An Icelandic-English Dictionary/List of Abbreviations

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
absol. = absolute, absolutely. acc. = accusative. act. = active. A.D. = Anno Domini. adj. = adjective. adv. = adverb. adverb. = adverbially. allit. = alliteration, alliterative. anatom. = anatomically. ἅπ. λεγ. = ἅπαξ λεγόμενον. A.S. = Anglo-Saxon. astron. = astronomy, astronomically. begin. = beginning. Bodl. = Bodleian. Bohem. = Bohemian. botan. = botanically. Brit. Mus. = British Museum. ch. = chapter. class. = classical. Cod. or Cd. = Codex. cognom. = cognomen. collect. = collective. compar. = comparative. compd, compds = compound, compounds. conj. = conjugation. contr. = contracted. corresp. = correspoding. cp. = compare. Dan. = Danish. dat. = dative. decl. = declined. def. = definite. defect. = defective. dep. = deponent. De Professer = De Herr Professer by August Corrodi, in the Zürich idiom. deriv. = derived. dict. = dictionary dimin. = diminutive. dissyl. = dissyllabic. D.R.A. = Deutsche Rechts-alterthümer by Grimm. dub. = dubious. eccl. = ecclesiastical. Ed., Edd. = edition, editions, edited E. Engl. Spec. = Early English Specimens. e.g. = exempli gratia. ellipt. = elliptical, elliptically. Engl. = English. esp. = especially. etc. = et cetera. etym. = etymology. f. or fem. = feminine. Fin. = Finnish for. = foreign Fr. = French in etymologies. Frank. = Frankish. freq. = frequent, frequently. Fris. = Frisian. Gael. = Gaelic. gen. = genitive. gener. = generally. Germ. = German. gl. or gloss. = glossary Goth. = Gothic. Gr. = Greek. gramm. = grammar. Havn. = Havniensis. Hel. = Heliand. Icel. = Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic. id. = idem, referring to the passage quoted. id. = idem, referring to the translation. i.e. = id est. imperat. = imperative. impers. = impersonal. indecl. = indeclinable. indef. = indefinite. indic. = indicative. infin. = infinitive. inflex. = inflexive. intens. = intensive. intrans. = intransitive. irreg. = irregular. Ital. = Italian. l. = line. L. = Linnæus. Lat. = Latin. l.c. = loco citato. lit. = literally. Lith. = Lithuanian. Litt. = Littonian. loc. = local, locally m. or masc. = masculine. medic. = medicine, medically. metaph. = metaphorical, metaphorically. metath. = metathesis. meton. = metonomy, metonomically. metric. = metrically. mid. H.G. = middle High German. mid. Lat. = middle Latin. mod. = modern. monosyl. = monosyllabic. MS., MSS. = manuscript, manuscripts. mythol. = mythology, mythologically. n. or neut. = neuter. naut. = nautical. navig. = navigation. neg. = negative. N.H.G. = New High German. no. = number. nom. = nominative. North. E. = Northern English. Norweg. = Norwegian. obsol. = obsolete. O.H.G. = Old High German. opp. = opposed. Ormul. or Orm. = Ormulum. part. = participle. partic. = particularly pass. = passive. perh. = perhaps. pers. = person. pl. or plur. = plural. poët. = poetically. Pol. = Polish. posit. = positive. pr. or prop. = proper, properly. pref. = preface. prep., prepp. = preposition, prepositions. pres. = present. pret. = preterite. priv. = privative. pr. n. = proper name. prob. = probably. pron. = pronoun. proncd. = pronounced. proverb. = proverbially. provinc. = provincial qs. = quasi. q.v. = quod vide. R. = Rímur. recipr. = reciprocally. redupl. = reduplicative. reflex. = reflexive. relat. = relative. S. = Saga. s.a. = sub anno. Sansk. = Sanskrit. Scandin. = Scandinavia, Scandinavian. Scot. = Scottish. signif. = signification. sing. = singular. Slav. = Slavonic. Span. = Spanish. spec. = specially. sq., sqq. = following. subj. = subjunctive. subst. = substantive. suff. = suffix. sup. = supine. superl. = superlative. s.v. = sub voce. Swed. = Swedish. temp. = temporal. termin. = termination. Teut. = Teutonic. theol. = theological, theologically. trans. = transitive transl. = translation. trisyl. = trisyllabic. Ulf. = Ulfilas. uncert. = uncertain. unclass. = unclassical. Ups. De la Gard. = De la Garde’s collection of Icel. MSS. in Upsala. v. = vide. viz. = namely. v.l. = varia lectio. Wolf. = Wolfenbüttel þ .= þáttr.
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