mella

Merkingar

u, f. a noose, in kapp-mella: a trigger (?) in a cross-bow, þat var lásör ok mella í, Sturl. i. 180 (but malla the vellum C).

1. II.

   a giantess, Edda (Gl.); mellu-dólgr, ‘giantess-foe’ = Thor.

   1. 2.

      in mod. usage the mother, of dogs, cats, or the like.