Gjallarbrú
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Gjǫll (“mythic river”) + brú (“brigde”).
Proper noun edit
Gjallarbrú f
- (Norse mythology) a bridge on the way from Hel
- Gylfaginning 49, excerpt
- hann kom til ariɴar Giallar(ar) ok reið a Giallar brvna
(Normalized spelling): hann kom til árinnar Gjallar ok reið á Gjallarbrúna- he came to the river Gjǫll, and rode on the Gjallarbrú
- Gylfaginning 49, excerpt
Descendants edit
- → Icelandic: Gjallarbrú (learned)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Gjeddarbru, Gjallarbru
- Swedish: Gillebro