ganfer

词形变化

ganfers 复数 ganfers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A kind of ghost found in the folklore of Orkney and Shetland.

词源

Originally a dialectal term from Shetland and Orkney, also denoting certain negative atmospheric phenomena. Thought to ultimately derive from Old Norse gandferð (“gand-journey”), with the first element connected to Old Norse gandr (“evil spirit”). Compare dialectal Norwegian gannfar, gandferd

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