KAMPR

KAMPR
(-s, -ar), m.
1) beard on the lips, moustache;
2) the whiskers (of a seal);
3) front wall. Also ‘kanpr’.
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and kanpr, m. a beard, moustache; stutt skegg ok snöggvan kamp, Sks. 288; skegg heitir barð, grön eða kampar, Edda 210; hendi drap á kampa, Hðm. 21; hann hafði bitið á kampinum, Nj. 209; höggva kampa ok skegg, K. Þ. K.; hann (the idol) hafði kanpa af silfri, Fms. x. 386; af könpunum, langa kanpa, hár ok kanpar, Ó. H. 229; efri ok neðri kampr, Fas. ii. 253; því næst hvetr hann that (the spear) svá bat stóð á kanpi, i. e. till it was as keen as a rasor, Krók. 49: the whiskers of a seal, cat, and lion, Fb. i. 462 (of a seal). kamp-loðinn, adj. with long whiskers, of a lion. kampa-síðr, adj. long-bearded, Skíða R. 90, Þryml. 41.
II. a crest or front wall = kambr; var Aron úti hjá duronum, ok stóð við kanpinn er hlaðinn var af vegginum, Bs. i. 544 (Sturl. ii. 86): mod. bæjar-kampr, id.; malar-k.

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