KAGA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

KAGA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 KAGA

að, [kaga, Ivar Aasen; cp. Old. Engl. kyke (Chaucer); Scot. keek; Germ. kucken; Dan. kige]:—to bend forward and peep, pry, gaze; hón kagar hjá gáttinni, Fbr. 18, v. l.; kom út maðr ok kagaði hjá dyrrum, Fs. 42; kaga upp í himin, Hom. 89; hjartans augum til hans kaga, 90; köguðu til hans óframliga, Niðrst. 5; see kögla.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛅᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
Scot.: Scottish.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Niðrst.: Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)

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