gjallr
lýsingarorð
Merkingar
adj., also spelt gallr, ringing, poët. epithet of gold, a shield, weapon, horn, Fs. 111 (in a verse), Vsp. 42, Haustl. 1, Fm. 9, 20; gallir geirar, Ó. H. 23: of a person weeping, Skv. 3. 33: as the word is rare and obsolete, esp. in the form gallr, transcribers and editors have in some passages wrongly put the well-known gamlir (old) where that word yields no sense, as in Vsp. l. c., Ó. H. l. c.
- 2.
as subst., the sea, a sword, shield are called gjallr, the resounding, Edda (Gl.)
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- poët.
- poetically.
- esp.
- especially.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- subst.
- substantive.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Fm.
- Fáfnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)