Ylgr
Old Norse Dictionary - ylgr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ylgr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ylgr can mean:ylgr
- ylgr
- f., gen. ylgjar, dat. acc. ylgi; pl. ylgjar: a she-wolf, Edda i. 478; ylgr gékk á ná, Jd.; kom þar ylgr ein, sjá en sama ylgr … tungan gékk ór ylginni, Fas. i. 125, 126; ylgjar-barn, ylgjar-áttbogi, a wolf’s brood, breed; ylgjar sultr, fyllr, tafn, Lex. Poët.; láta eigi ylgi (acc. sing.) fasta, Km.; ala blóði byrsta ylgi (acc. sing.), Edda (Ht.)
- ylgr
- 2. metaph., einaga ylgr, the nickname of a termagant, or shrew, Bjarn. (in a verse); er hann var grimmr sjálfr, en hann hafði þá konu fengit, er ek veit mesta ylgi á Norðrlönd komið hafa, þá var honum þess ván, at hann mundi úlf undir fæða en ekki héra, Mirm. 159 (Ed. Mr. Kölbing, 1872).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Jd.
- Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)
- Km.
- Kráku-mál. (A. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Mirm.
- Mirmants Saga. (G. II.)