Á-gætr
Old Norse Dictionary - á-gætr
Meaning of Old Norse word "á-gætr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- á-gætr
- adj. [v. the words above, from á- intens. and geta—gat—gátu, to get and to record; the old etymology in glossaries of the last century from the Greek αγαθός cannot be admitted], famous, goodly, excellent; á. maðr um allt land, Nj. 106; á. at afli, Edda 19; ágætir gimsteinar, precious stones, FmS. i. 15; á. skjöldr, Eg. 705; compar, mun hann verða ágætari (more famous) en allir þínir frændr, FmS. i. 256; superl., ágætaztr, Nj. 282, Eg. 311; ágæztr, contr., Edda 5, Íb. 14, FmS. vii. 95, GrEg. 53. In the Landn. ‘maðr ágætr’ is freq. used in a peculiar sense, viz. a noble man, nearly synonymous to gæðingr in the Orkneys, or hersir in Norway, e. g. 143, 149, 169, 190, 198, 201, 203, 279, 281, 308, 312; hersir á., 173, etc.; cp. also Kristni S. ch. I.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅ-ᚴᛅᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- ch.
- chapter.
- contr.
- contracted.
- cp.
- compare.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- intens.
- intensive.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- superl.
- superlative.
- v.
- vide.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Kristni S.
- Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)