GÝLL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

GÝLL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 GÝLL

m., or perhaps gíll, [gill, Ivar Aasen, akin to gjöll], a mock sun, parhelion, Scot. gow, conceived to be a wolf preceding the sun: when the sun is surrounded by mock suns he is said to be in ‘wolf-stress,’ úlfa-kreppa; the phenomenon is called gýla-ferð, f. ‘wolf-gang;’ cp. also the saying, sjaldan er gýll fyrir góðu nema úlfr eptir renni, a gill bodes no good unless followed by a wolf (a sign of weather), Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 658, 659.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚢᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
Scot.
Scottish.

Works & Authors

Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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