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vargr

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ wearg; warag; the root-word is preserved in er-würgen, whence virgull, , and worry; vargr and úlfr are said to be from the same root]:—a wolf; berr björn, bítr vargr, i. 341; riða á vargi, ; trollkona sat á vargi, vi. 403; marga varga, 95; vaða vargar með úlfum, a saying, i. 11; sem menn viðast varga reka ( varga vreka), as wide as wolves are hunted, : sem vargr í sauða-dun, 164: of any beast of prey, varga vinr, 1. 6 (of ravens); hann barg fjörvi varga, Vellekla: the saying, sjaldan vægir vargrinn, the wolf spares not; vargarnir etask þar til er at halanum kemr, ; vargs-hamr, -hár, -hold, a wolf’s skin, hair, flesh, 32, i. 199, i. 273; vargs-líki, -rödd, 8, i. 130; varga flokkr, a flock of wolves, iii. 77; varga matr, i. 139; varga-þytr, a howling of wolves, 205: varga leifar, a ‘wolf’s homestead’(see leif), the wood, the wilderness, 2. 11: in vargr is used of the fox.
II. a law phrase, an outlaw, who is to be hunted down as a wolf, used of one who commits a crime in a holy place, and is thereon declared accursed; hann hafði vegit í véum ok var hann vargr orðinn, 259; vargr í véum, a wolf in the sanctuary, xi. 40 (goð-vargr): also of a truce-breaker, hann skal svá víða v. heita2 sem veröld er bygð, ( grið-vargr); armr er vára vargr, ; eyða vörgum, to destroy miscreants, xi. (in a verse); úvísa-vargr, see p. 667.
2. in usage, a violent, ill-tempered person; hón er mesti vargr, a fury of a woman; geð-vargr, skap-vargr, a fury: compds, varg-fæðandi, -fæðir, -hollr, -nistir, -teitir, a feeder, … cheerer of the wolf, a warrior,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Hel.Heliand.
  • Germ.German.
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • Engl.English.
  • prop.proper, properly.
  • allit.alliteration, alliterative.
  • poët.poetically.
  • i. e.id est.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • esp.especially.
  • cp.compare.
  • mod.modern.
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
  • Hkv. Hjörv.Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Sd.Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
  • Band.Banda-manna saga. (D. II.)
  • Str.Strengleikar. (G. II.)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Gkv.Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Sdm.Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.