gífr
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n. pl. [A. S. gîfre = rapacious, used as an epithet of the devil, wildfire, etc., and as noun, a glutton, vide Grein]:—witches, fiends, = Germ. unhold, Vsp. 52, Hkv. Hjörv. 15; freq. in poetry, al-gífri, pandemonium, Bragi; gífrs grand, ‘witch-bane’ = the god Thor, Eb. (in a verse); wolves are gífrs hestar, ‘witch-horses,’ Jd., and hræ-gífr, carrion beasts, Gkv. 2. 29, Lex. Poët.: the simple word is never used in prose, but in compds; it however remains in prose in the following adv.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Germ.
- German.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- adv.
- atviksorð (e. adverb)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Jd.
- Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.