Finn-gálkn
Old Norse Dictionary - finn-gálkn
Meaning of Old Norse word "finn-gálkn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- finn-gálkn
- n. (finn-galp, Fas. iii. 473, wrongly), a fabulous monster, half man, half beast, Nj. 183, Landn. 317. v. l., Fms. v. 246: the word centaur is rendered by finngálkn, 673. 2, Rb. (1812. 17); hence finn-gálknað, part. n. a gramm. term to express incongruous metaphors and the like, cp. Horace’s ‘desinit in piscem …,’ Skálda 187, 204.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚾᚾ-ᚴᛅᛚᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- gramm.
- grammar.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)