fimbul-
forskeyti
[cp. Germ. fimmel = an iron wedge; Bohem. fimol; Swed. fimmel-stång = the handle of a sledge-hammer; in Icel. obsolete, and only used in four or five compds in old poetry], mighty, great, viz. fimbul-fambi, a, m. a mighty fool, Hm. 103; fimbul-ljóð, n. pl. mighty songs, Hm. 141; fimbul-týr, m. the mighty god, great helper, Vsp. 59; fimbul-vetr, m. the great and awful winter preceding the end of the world, Vþm. 44; fimbul-þul, f. the roaring of a river, Gm. 27, Edda (Gl.); fimbul-þulr, m. the great wise man, Hm. 143.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Bohem.
- Bohemian.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- viz.
- namely.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)