Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Gýgr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

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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 ?

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Runic Inscription

gýgr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "gýgr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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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