skuggabaldur

Icelandic[edit]

From skugga (“of shadows”, genitive of skuggi (“a shadow”)) +‎ Baldur (“a male given name”).

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