Vafr-logi

Old Norse Dictionary - vafr-logi

Meaning of Old Norse word "vafr-logi" in English.

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.)

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