gýgr
nafnorð, karlkyn
sjá einnig gýgr nafnorð, kvenkyn
m. an abyss; eld-gýgr, a crater of a volcano: to this perhaps belongs the saying, vinna fyrir gýg, to labour in vain, answering to the Lat. ‘oleum et operam perdere;’ hvað gagnar svo fyrir gýg ad vinna, Bb. 3. 98; og vann ei fyrir gýg, and got his reward, Snót 319 (Ed. 1866); or is gýg (qs. gýgi), to labour for an ogre or witch, the metaphor being taken from popular tales ?
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- qs.
- quasi.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Snót
- Snót, poems.