Definiciones
Definiciones
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.
Inscripción rúnica
Inscripción rúnica
gagarr
El texto rúnico anterior representa la palabra nórdica antigua "gagarr" como podría aparecer en inscripciones rúnicas de la Era Vikinga (c. 800-1100 d.C.).