gífr
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ gîfre = rapacious, used as an epithet of the devil, wildfire, , and as noun, a glutton, vide Grein]:—witches, fiends, = unhold, 52, 15; in poetry, al-gífri, pandemonium, Bragi; gífrs grand, ‘witch-bane’ = the god Thor, (in a verse); wolves are gífrs hestar, ‘witch-horses,’ , and hræ-gífr, carrion beasts, 2. 29, : the simple word is never used in prose, but in compds; it however remains in prose in the following
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- etc.et cetera.
- Germ.German.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- adv.atviksorð (e. adverb)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Jd.Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)
- Gkv.Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.