gýgr
nafnorðkvenkyn
, and gýgjar, and gýgi; [ gow; gjure in the Norse tales, Asbjörnsen]:—an ogress, witch, 34, 32, 13, 14, 29, 33, 8, 37, 58, 60, i. 333: in poetry, vide ; mar-gýgr, a mermaid: of a weapon, Rímmu-gýgr, a ‘war-ogre’ axe, ; gýgjar-sól, ‘a gow sun,’ a mock sun, 51: in local names, Gýgjar-fors, Gýgjar-hamarr, , referring to popular tales.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- sing.eintala (e. singular)
- nom.nefnifall (e. nominative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- cp.compare.
- Scot.Scottish.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- i. e.id est.
- etc.et cetera.
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Helr.Helreið Brynhildar. (A. II.)
- Hým.Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Fsm.Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Sæm.Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Sl.Sólarljóð. (A. III.)