ægir
nafnorðkarlkyn
, thus, not œgir, as is shewn both by the spelling of vellums and by ancient rhymes, as ægir and frægr in a poem on king Canute: [ægir is an old mythical word, the root of which is not to be sought for in the Norse languages, for it is much older; it may be akin to the ὠκεανός, both being derived from some Indo-European root; eagor, the sea; it still survives in for the sea-wave or Bore on rivers, ‘have a care, there’s the Eager coming,’ Carlyle’s Heroes, p. 198]:—the sea, ocean, main; hver eru sævar heiti?—heitir marr ‘ægir,’ , 100; ægi lægja, to calm the sea, 40; eldr, veðr, ægi, jörðu, 625. 178; sér hón upp koma öðru sinni jörð ór ægi, : gold is ægis bál, eldr, see : the word is a favourite with poets, ancient as well as modern, in the ballads and rímur; in prose it only survives in a few phrases and compds, sól gengr í ægi, the sun sets in the sea ( ganga til viðar), ii. 302, v. 169; sól skundar í æginn, 67.
II. the giant Ægir, the husband of Ran (answering both to Okeanos and Poseidon of the legends), : Ægis-dætr, the daughters of Æ. = the nine Okeanidae, 101, 1. 26; as to the banquet at Ægir, the poem Lokasenna and : Ægis-bróðir, the brother of Æ., Wind, Fire, or Sea. all three being the sons of the giant Fornjót: in local names, Ægi-síða, in the north of ,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Gr.Greek.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- provinc.provincial.
- Engl.English.
- etc.et cetera.
- esp.especially.
- cp.compare.
- mythol.mythology, mythologically.
- i. e.id est.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Rm.Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hým.Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)