Varg-úlfr

Dizionario Old Norse - varg-úlfr

Significato della parola Old Norse "varg-úlfr"

Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:

varg-úlfr
m. a ‘worrying-wolf,’ were-wolf; bisclaret í Bretzku máli en Nordmandingar -kallaðu hann vargúlf, Str. 30; v. var eitt kvikindi meðan hann býr í vargsham, id. This word, which occurs nowhere but in the above passage, is perhaps only coined by the translator from the French loup-garou qs. gar-ulf; ver-úlfr would have been the right word, but that word is unknown to the Icel. or old Norse, the superstition being expressed by eigi ein-hamr, ham-farir, hamast (qq. v.), or the like.

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Abbreviazioni usate:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
qs.
quasi.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Opere & Autori citati:

Str.
Strengleikar. (G. II.)
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