óskabjörn
nafnorðhvorugkynóska-björn
[ fiske-bjorn = fish-bear], a kind of crab, oniscus; óska-björn is evidently a corruption from the Latin oniscus, which then gave rise to the legend that whosoever possessed the ‘oniscus’ might have a ‘wish’ (ósk) granted.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Lat.Latin.
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.