Definitionen
Definitionen
1 PADDA
u, f. [A. S. pada; Dutch padde; Engl. paddock]:—a toad; ormar, eðlur, froskar, ok pöddur, snakes, lizards, frogs, and toads, Fms. x. 380; mýss ok ormar, eðlur ok pöddur, Ó. H. 109; ekki eitrkvikindi, hvárki ormr né padda, Sks. 88, MS. 623. 26; þar eru eigi höggormar, froskr né padda, there are neither snakes, frogs, nor toads, viz. in Ireland, referring to the tale of St. Patrick,—a legend taken from a popular etymology of the saint’s name, qs. ‘padd-reaker,’ toad-driver.
2 PADDA
2. in Icel., where no amphibia are found, used of any insects or beetles in pools or foul water.
Runeninschrift
Runeninschrift
PADDA
Der obige Runentext stellt das altnordische Wort "PADDA" dar, wie es in Runeninschriften aus der Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1100 n. Chr.) erscheinen könnte.