Gálkn

Old Norse Dictionary - gálkn

Meaning of Old Norse word "gálkn" in English.

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.
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