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Varg-úlfr

Entrada del diccionario nórdico antiguo

Definiciones

1 Definiciones

1 varg-úlfr

m. a ‘worrying-wolf,’ were-wolf; bisclaret í Bretzku máli en Nordmandingar -kallaðu hann vargúlf, Str. 30; v. var eitt kvikindi meðan hann býr í vargsham, id. This word, which occurs nowhere but in the above passage, is perhaps only coined by the translator from the French loup-garou qs. gar-ulf; ver-úlfr would have been the right word, but that word is unknown to the Icel. or old Norse, the superstition being expressed by eigi ein-hamr, ham-farir, hamast (qq. v.), or the like.

Palabras similares

Inscripción rúnica

varg-úlfr

Posible inscripción rúnica en futhark joven

El texto rúnico anterior representa la palabra nórdica antigua "varg-úlfr" como podría aparecer en inscripciones rúnicas de la Era Vikinga (c. 800-1100 d.C.).

Abreviaturas utilizadas

Abreviaturas comunes

ch: chapter.
Fr: French in etymologies.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
q. v.: quod vide.
qq. v.: quae vide.
qs.: quasi.
transl: translation, translated.
v.: vide, verb.

Obras & Autores

Str.: Strengleikar. (G. II.)

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