Skugga-baldr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skugga-baldr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skugga-baldr

m., in popular tales a mysterious animal, a hybrid between a cat and a fox, Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 612, 613.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᚢᚴᚴᛅ-ᛒᛅᛚᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.

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Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
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