gálkn
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n. [prob. a Fin. word; Lap. galco = a beast], a monster; in old poetry weapons are called hlífa-g.; randar-gálkn, the beast of shield and armour, Lex. Poët.; else in prose, finn-gálkn, q. v.; hrein-gálkn, a dub. word, Hým. 24.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- prob.
- probably.
- Fin.
- Finnish.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- dub.
- dubious.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)