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gýll

nafnorðkarlkyn
, or perhaps gíll, [gill, , akin to gjöll], a mock sun, parhelion, gow, conceived to be a wolf preceding the sun: when the sun is surrounded by mock suns he is said to be in ‘wolf-stress,’ úlfa-kreppa; the phenomenon is called gýla-ferð, ‘wolf-gang;’ also the saying, sjaldan er gýll fyrir góðu nema úlfr eptir renni, a gill bodes no good unless followed by a wolf (a sign of weather), i. 658, 659.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Scot.Scottish.
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • cp.compare.
  • Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
  • Ísl. Þjóðs.Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.