Finn-gálkn

Old Norse Dictionary - finn-gálkn

Meaning of Old Norse word "finn-gálkn" in English.

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.)

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