Surtr
nafnorðkarlkyn
, surts and surtar, [svartr], the Black, the name of a fire-giant, the world-destroyer, 52, 54, 17, 18; Surta(r)-logi, the flame of Surt, the last destruction of the world by fire, 50: curious is the phrase, gott er þá á Gimli með Surti, ( Ups. ii. 292). surtar-brandr, ‘surts-brand,’ is the common word for jet, see Eggert The word is found on vellum of (1849) 116, and is therefore old, and interesting because the name of the mythical fire-giant and destroyer is applied to the prehistoric fire as a kind of heathen geological term.
2. in local names; Hellinn Surts ( Surts-hellir) is the name of the famous cave in ; hellinn Surts, ii. 181; hann fór upp til hellisins Surts ok færði þar drápu þá er hann hafði ort um jötuninn í hellinum, 199.II. a nickname and name,
2. the name of a black dog. surtar-epli, , ‘Surt’s apple,’ the pod or capsule of an equisetum, Eggert 434.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- Cod.Codex.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- mod.modern.
- pr.proper, properly.
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- botan.botanically.
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Itin.Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Bret.Breta sögur. (G. I.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)