Gálgi

Fornnordisk Ordbok - gálgi

Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "gálgi"

Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:

Fornnordiskt ord gálgi kan betyda:gálgi

gálgi
a, m. [Ulf. renders σταυρός by galga; A. S. gealga; Engl. gallows; Hel. galgo; Germ. galgen; Dan.-Swed. galge]:—the gallows; in olden times they were worked by a lever, and the culprit was hauled up (spyrna gálga), FmS. vii. 13; hence also the phrase, hengja á hæsta gálga, festa upp, and the like, vide Gautr. S. ch. 7; an old Swed. allit. law phrase, á gálga ok gren, on gallows and green tree (Fr.), as trees were used for gallows (cp. the Engl. ‘gallows-tree’); reisa, höggva gálga, Orkn. 436, Ó. H. 46, Am. 37, 55, Grett. 128: in poetry (vide Lex. Poët.) the gallows are called the horse of Sigar, from the love tale of the Danish hero of that name: the cross is now and then called gálgi, e. g. Mar. S., and even in mod. eccl. writers (Vidal.), but very rarely, and only in rhetorical phraseS.
gálgi
COMPDS: gálgafarmr, gálgagramr, gálgatré.

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Förkortningar som används:

allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch.
chapter.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
Hel.
Heliand.
l.
line.
lit.
literally.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
S.
Saga.
Swed.
Swedish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.

Verk & författare citerade:

Am.
Atla-mál. (A. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Gautr.
Gautreks Saga. (C. II.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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