gjálfr
nafnorðkarlkyn
, rs, the din of the sea, the swelling waves, 148:—the sea, in poëtry and in compds, vide ; in prose say, orða-gjálfr, ‘word-din’ empty sounding wards, flood of phrases. gjálfr-ligr, gjálfr-samr, gjálfrugr, noisy, roaring, 192. Ships are gjálfr-dýr, gjálfr-marar, gjálfr-stóð, steeds of the sea,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- poët.poetically.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.