Yrða

svelgr

nafnorðkarlkyn
[Shetl. swelchie], a swirl, whirlpool, current, stream, = röst, ; var þar eptir svelgr í hafinu, ; sem svelgr í hafi eða Sirtes aðr Scylla, 50.
2. as a local name of the race in the Pentland Firth, 276, 193, x. 145.II. a swallower, spendthrift; þú inn gráðugi svelgr, 95; hvel-svelgr himins, (in a verse); vín-svelgr, a wine-swiller, drunkard: hræ-svelgr, carrion-devourer,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • esp.especially.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • El.Elis saga. (G. II.)
  • Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)