elgr

nafnorðkarlkyn

, elgs or elgjar, [ alces; elah; elk], an elk, 449, viii. 31, i. 54; elgja-gröf, an elk pit, a hunting term, ; elgja-veiðr, hunting elks, 448; elgjar-galgi, a, , ‘elks-gallow,’ the ice, as elks were hunted on the ice, 15; but some explain the phrase = tree, Caes. Bell. Gall. vi. 27.

II. deep pools of half-melted ice; akin to ólga, ylgr.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
Lat.Latin.
O. H. G.Old High German.
Engl.English.
f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
poët.poetically.
cp.compare.

Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Stor.Sona-torrek. (A. III.)