- STRÖND
- beach* * *(gen. strandar, pl. strendr and strandir), f.1) border, edge;2) strand, coast, shore (lið konungs stendr nú eptir á ströndinni).* * *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. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.