[1] doðka: A hap. leg. This bird has not been identified. According to CVC: doðka, it could be the brown sandpiper (Tringa fusca). The name may be derived from doði ‘languor’ with a ‑k suffix (see ÍO: doðka), related to doðra ‘weary’ (cf. doðrkvisa in st. 1/6 and Note there).
References
- Bibliography
- CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
- ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.