skuggabaldur
Icelandic
Etymology
From skugga (“of shadows”) the genitive of skuggi (“a shadow”) and Baldur (“a male given name”).
Noun
skuggabaldur m (genitive singular skuggabaldurs, nominative plural skuggabaldrar)
- (mythology) a creature from Icelandic folk belief who is the offspring of a tomcat (a male cat) and a vixen (female fox) or a bitch (female dog)
- an evil spirit
- an evildoer who anonymously commits outrages or evil deeds; a sneak
See also
- illur andi
- myrkramaður
- læðupoki
- skoffín