Gagarr
Dizionario Old Norse - gagarr
Significato della parola Old Norse "gagarr"
Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:
- 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.
Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᚴᛅᚴᛅᚱᚱ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero
Abbreviazioni usate:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
- v.
- vide.
Opere & Autori citati:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Mkv.
- Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)