Gálkn
Old Norse Dictionary - gálkn
Meaning of Old Norse word "gálkn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gálkn
- n. [prob. a Fin. word; Lap. galco = a beast], a monster; in old poetry weapons are called hlífa-g.; randar-gálkn, the beast of shield and armour, Lex. Poët.; else in prose, finn-gálkn, q. v.; hrein-gálkn, a dub. word, Hým. 24.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛚᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dub.
- dubious.
- Fin.
- Finnish.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.