gandreið
nafnorðkvenkyngand-reið
the ‘witches’ ride;’ in nursery tales a witch is said to ride on a broomstick, besenstiel; in old lore they were said to ride by night on wolves, which are hence in poetry called ‘the steeds of witches;’ fá þú mér út krókstaf minn ok bandvetlinga því at ek vil á gandreið fara, iii. 176; ekki skorti gandreiðir í eynni um nóttina, ii. 131; hann kvað hann séð hafa gandreið, ok er þat jafnan fyrir stórtíðindum, 195; also on this subject i. 440 ; renna göndum, to slide on ‘gands,’ ride a witch-ride; víða hefi ek göndum rennt í nótt, of a witch in 124; víta ganda, to bewitch ‘gands,’ to deal in sorcery, 25, the passage in S., fór Ostracia út ok rœrði gand sinn, then O. (a witch) went out ( útiseta) and reared her ‘gands,’ raised ghosts, or exercised her black art,—the have here even gannd (gönd) sín. The compd spá-gandar in seems to mean ‘spae-ghosts’ or spirits of divination.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Germ.German.
- cp.compare.
- sqq.following.
- i. e.id est.
- gener.generally.
- MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Fbr.Fóstbræðra saga. (D. II.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Þiðr.Þiðreks saga. (G. I.)