svelgr

svelgr
m.
1) swirl, whirlpool (var þar eptir s. í hafinu);
2) swallower, spendthrift.
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m. [Shetl. swelchie], a swirl, whirlpool, current, stream, = röst, q. v.; var þar eptir svelgr í hafinu, Edda; sem svelgr í hafi eða Sirtes aðr Scylla, Al. 50.
2. esp. as a local name of the race in the Pentland Firth, Orkn. 276, Ó. H. 193, Fms. x. 145.
II. metaph. a swallower, spendthrift; þú inn gráðugi svelgr, El. 95; hvel-svelgr himins, Edda (in a verse); vín-svelgr, a wine-swiller, drunkard: hræ-svelgr, carrion-devourer, Vþm.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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