Varg-úlfr

Old Norse Dictionary - varg-úlfr

Meaning of Old Norse word "varg-úlfr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

varg-úlfr: m. a ‘worrying-wolf,’ were-wolf; bisclaret í Bretzku máli en Nordmandingar -kallaðu hann vargúlf, Str. 30; v. var eitt kvikindi meðan hann býr í vargsham, id. This word, which occurs nowhere but in the above passage, is perhaps only coined by the translator from the French loup-garou qs. gar-ulf; ver-úlfr would have been the right word, but that word is unknown to the Icel. or old Norse, the superstition being expressed by eigi ein-hamr, ham-farir, hamast (qq. v.), or the like.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱᚴ-ᚢᛚᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

qs.: quasi.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Str.: Strengleikar. (G. II.)

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