gjallr
lýsingarorð
, also spelt gallr, ringing, epithet of gold, a shield, weapon, horn, 111 (in a verse), 42, 1, 9, 20; gallir geirar, 23: of a person weeping, 3. 33: as the word is rare and obsolete, in the form gallr, transcribers and editors have in some passages wrongly put the well-known gamlir (old) where that word yields no sense, as in ,
2. as , the sea, a sword, shield are called gjallr, the resounding, (Gl.)
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- poët.poetically.
- esp.especially.
- l. c.loco citato.
- subst.substantive.
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Haustl.Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Fm.Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)