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Gjaf-vaxta

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1 gjaf-vaxta

adj. (a maid) grown up, of marriageable age to be given away, Grett. 118.
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gjaf-vaxta

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "gjaf-vaxta" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

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