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köngurváfa

nafnorð, kvenkyn

köngur-váfa

u, f., which is the truest and oldest spelling; kongorváfa, Eluc. 23, Barl. 195, v. l.; kavngorváfa and kaungorvofva, Mar. 153; whence köngulváfa, Barl. 195; mod. könguló: [the word is derived from an obsolete köngur (a texture), which has been preserved in the Norse-Finnish kankas, kankuri; perhaps also kögurr (above) is akin, if not the same word; O. H. G. kanker; Norse kaangle]:—a spider, passim.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

f.
kvenkyn (e. feminine)
v. l.
varia lectio.
mod.
modern.
O. H. G.
Old High German.

Tilvitnuð rit

Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Barl.
Barlaams saga. (F. III.)
Mar.
Maríu saga. (F. III.)