bjargvættr
nafnorðkvenkynbjarg-vættr
(in usage ), [bjarg, mons, or bjarga, servare], a helping friendly sprite, a good genius, answering to the Christian good angel; according to the heathen belief, the country, hills and mountains, were inhabited by such beings; in the northern creed the bjargvætter are generally a kind of giant of the gentler kind: in usage, a supporter, helper in need; muntu verða mér hinn mesti () b., ii. 438, vellum of 15th century; en mesta () b., 168, new 12.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- mod.modern.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- esp.especially.
- masc.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Bárð.Bárðar saga. (D. V.)