Oldnordisk ordbogsopslag

Gagarr

Oldnordisk ordbogsopslag

Definitioner

1 Definitioner

1 gagarr

m. a dog; gagarr er skaptr því at geyja skal, a dog is so made as to bark, Mkv. 4: used as a nickname, Landn. 145: in a verse in Eg. a shell is called ‘the ever mute surf-dog’ (síþögull brimróta gagarr), prob. from a custom of Icel. children, who in play make shells represent flocks and herds, kú-skeljar (cow-shells), gymbr-skeljar (lamb-shells), and put one shell for a dog. gagara-ljóð, n. pl. ‘dog-song’ (?), a kind of metre in Rímur.

Lignende ord

Runeindskrift

gagarr

Mulig runeindskrift i yngre futhark

Rune-teksten ovenfor repræsenterer det oldnordiske ord "gagarr" som det kunne findes i runeindskrifter fra vikingetiden (ca. 800-1100 e.Kr.).

Anvendte forkortelser

Almindelige forkortelser

ch: chapter.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
pl.: plural.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
v.: vide, verb.

Værker & Forfattere

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Mkv.: Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)

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