Gýgr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Gýgr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 gýgr

m. an abyss; eld-gýgr, a crater of a volcano: to this perhaps belongs the saying, vinna fyrir gýg, to labour in vain, answering to the Lat. ‘oleum et operam perdere;’ hvað gagnar svo fyrir gýg ad vinna, Bb. 3. 98; og vann ei fyrir gýg, and got his reward, Snót 319 (Ed. 1866); or is gýg (qs. gýgi), to labour for an ogre or witch, the metaphor being taken from popular tales ?

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚢᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

acc.: accusative.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
dat.: dative.
etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
gen.: genitive.
i. e.: id est.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
nom.: nominative.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
qs.: quasi.
Scot.: Scottish.
sing: singular.
sing.: singular.

Works & Authors

Bb.: Búnaðar-bálkr.
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fsm.: Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
Helr.: Helreið Brynhildar. (A. II.)
Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Sl.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
Snót: Snót, poems.
Sæm.: Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)
Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)
Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

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