Úlf-liðr
Dizionario Old Norse - úlf-liðr
Significato della parola Old Norse "úlf-liðr"
Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:
- úlf-liðr
- m. the wolf’s joint, i. e. the wrist, see the story of Ty and the Wolf Fenrir, Edda 20,—‘then bit he (the wolf) the hand off, whence it is now called wolf’s joint (the wrist):’ the word is often spelt as above, e. g. Gullþ. 59, Fms. i. 166, Nj. 84, 262 (Cod. 468 in both instances gives ‘aulflið’). This etymology, although old, is quite erroneous, for the word is derived from oln- or öln-, see alin (p. 13, col. 2); the true form being öln-liðr, q. v.
Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᚢᛚᚠ-ᛚᛁᚦᚱ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero
Abbreviazioni usate:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Opere & Autori citati:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)