An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
List of giants in Norse mythology — The Prose and Poetic Eddas , which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology, contain many names of Jotnar (giants and giantesses). While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come… … Wikipedia
shrike — /shruyk/, n. 1. any of numerous predaceous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong, hooked, and toothed bill, feeding on insects and sometimes on small birds and other animals: the members of certain species impale their prey on… … Universalium
shrike — O.E. scric thrush, lit. bird with a shrill call, probably echoic of its cry and related to SHRIEK (Cf. shriek) (Cf. O.N. skrikja shrieker, shrike ) … Etymology dictionary
shriek — v. n. Pol. S. 157; [schirche]. O. and N. 223. pret. ‘shrighte.’ Alys. 5738. ON. skrikja … Oldest English Words
shriek — [shrēk] vi. [ME schriken, var. of scriken, prob. < ON * skrīka, to cry, akin to skrīkja, cry of birds: for IE base see SCREAM] to make a loud, sharp, piercing cry or sound, as certain animals, or a person in terror, pain, or laughter; screech… … English World dictionary
