svelgr
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m. [Shetl. swelchie], a swirl, whirlpool, current, stream, = röst, q. v.; var þar eptir svelgr í hafinu, Edda; sem svelgr í hafi eða Sirtes aðr Scylla, Al. 50.
- 2.
esp. as a local name of the race in the Pentland Firth, Orkn. 276, Ó. H. 193, Fms. x. 145.
- II.
metaph. a swallower, spendthrift; þú inn gráðugi svelgr, El. 95; hvel-svelgr himins, Edda (in a verse); vín-svelgr, a wine-swiller, drunkard: hræ-svelgr, carrion-devourer, Vþm.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- esp.
- especially.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- El.
- Elis saga. (G. II.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)