gýgr
nafnorðkarlkyn
an abyss; eld-gýgr, a crater of a volcano: to this perhaps belongs the saying, vinna fyrir gýg, to labour in vain, answering to the ‘oleum et operam perdere;’ hvað gagnar svo fyrir gýg ad vinna, 3. 98; og vann ei fyrir gýg, and got his reward, 319 ( 1866); or is gýg ( gýgi), to labour for an ogre or witch, the metaphor being taken from popular tales ?
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Lat.Latin.
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- qs.quasi.
- Bb.Búnaðar-bálkr.
- SnótSnót, poems.