Vafr-logi
Old Norse Dictionary - vafr-logi
Meaning of Old Norse word "vafr-logi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vafr-logi
- a, m. a ‘waver-lowe,’ flickering flame, a mythical word; an enchanted princess or an enchanted land is surrounded by a ‘waver-lowe,’ Edda (of Brynhild), Skm. 8 (of Skirnir and the giantess Gerda), Fsm. 32 (of Menglöd). In mod. Icel. legends, a kind of ignis fatuus, said to flicker over hidden treasures, is called either málmlogi or vafrlogi, Maurer’s Volks., Ísl. Þjóðs.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚠᚱ-ᛚᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)