STRÖND

STRÖND
beach
* * *
(gen. strandar, pl. strendr and strandir), f.
1) border, edge;
2) strand, coast, shore (lið konungs stendr nú eptir á ströndinni).
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f., gen. strandar, dat. ströndu and strönd, pl. strendr and strandir, the latter being the older form used in local names; [A. S., Engl., and Dan.-Swed. strand]:—a border, edge; skjöld, ok gylltir naglar ok strendr, Fms. vii. 323.
II. a strand, coast, shore (not of a river, though the London Strand is such); allt annat lið hans stóð eptir á ströndu, Fms. i. 159; ferr hann til strandar, Fas. ii. 505, Gh. 13; öll hin nyrðri strönd Seyðis-fjarðar, Landn. 252; á hvárri-tveggju strönd, Gísl. 8; á inni syðri strönd, id.; hér fyrir ströndinni, Fms. viii. 230; ná-strönd.
III. freq. in local names, of a coast-land, Strönd, Strandir, and in compds, Horn-strandir, Barða-strönd, Skarð-strönd, Meðalfells-strönd, Sýr-strönd, Landn.
COMPDS: strandarglópr, strandamenn.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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