Gelgja
Old Norse Dictionary - gelgja
Meaning of Old Norse word "gelgja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gelgja can mean:gelgja
- gelgja
- u, f. [akin to gálgi], the cheek bones of a fish; gelgju-bein, n. the small bones in the gelgja; hence gelgju-legr or gelgju-leitr, adj. haggard-looking, pinched in the face.
- gelgja
- II. mythol. the name of the tack or pin belonging to the chain whereby the wolf Fenrir was fastened, f. Edda 221, cp. 20.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛚᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)