THE ORIGINAL ICELANDIC FORM OF THE WORD IN THE VOCABULARY,
AND ADDING, AFTER THE SYNOPSIS,
THE ANGLICIZED FORM USED BY THE AUTHOR
THROUGHOUT THE WORK.
Arranged by the Author From the Best Sources.
A
Ægir [Anglo-Sax. eagor, the sea]. The god presiding over the stormy sea. He entertains the gods every harvest, and brews ale for them. It still survives in provincial English for the sea-wave on rivers. Have a care, there is the eager coming!—(Carlyle’s Heroes and Hero-worship.) Æger.
Agnar. A son of King Hraudung and foster-son of Frigg. Agnar.
Agnar. A son of King Geirrod. He gives a drink to Grimner (Odin). Agnar.
Álfr [Anglo-Sax. ælf, munt-ælfen, sæ-elfen, wudu-elfen, etc.; Eng. elf, elves; Germ. alb and elfen, Erl- in Erlkönig (Goethe) is, according to Grimm, a corrupt form from the Danish Ellekonge like Elverkonge; in the west of Iceland the word is also pronounced álbr]. An elf, fairy; a class of beings like the dwarfs, between gods and men. They were of two kinds: elves of light (Ljósálfar) and elves of darkness (Dökkálfar). The abode of the elves is Álfheimr, fairy-land, and their king is the god Frey. Elf.