vafr
nafnorð, karlkyn
vafr-logi
a, m. a ‘waver-lowe,’ flickering flame, a mythical word; an enchanted princess or an enchanted land is surrounded by a ‘waver-lowe,’ Edda (of Brynhild), Skm. 8 (of Skirnir and the giantess Gerda), Fsm. 32 (of Menglöd). In mod. Icel. legends, a kind of ignis fatuus, said to flicker over hidden treasures, is called either málmlogi or vafrlogi, Maurer’s Volks., Ísl. Þjóðs.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- mod.
- modern.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar þjóðsögur.