Gá
Old Norse Dictionary - gá
Meaning of Old Norse word "gá"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gá can mean:gá
- gá
- 1. ð, pres. gái, part. gáð; pret. subj. gæði, Am. 70: [cp. Lat. caveo]:—to heed, mark, with infin. or gen., Landn. 30, Fb. i. 210; jarl gáði varla at lúka málum sínum fyrir tali þeirra, Orkn. 300: with gen., er miklu meiri hans ofsi, en hann muni nú þess gá eðr geyma, Ísl. ii. 239, Sks. 446, Hm. 115; Guðs hann gáði, he gave heed to God, Sl. 4; gá sín, to take heed to oneself:—gá til e-s, to mark, Fb. ii. 193:—in mod. usage, gá að e-u, to heed, observe; gef mér Jesu að gá að því, Pass. 1. 27; freq. in phrases such as, gáðu að þér, take heed! beware! gáðu að Guði, take heed to God! take care what thou art doing! with infin., eigi mun gáð hafa verit at setja fyrir lokurnar, they have not taken care to lock the door, Lv. 60, Fms. vi. 368: without the mark of infin., glýja þú né gáðir, thou didst not care to be gleeful, thou wast sorrowful, Hðm. 7.
- gá
- 2. f. barking; hund-gá, Lv. 60; goð-gá (q. v.), blasphemy.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- infin.
- infinitive.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- subj.
- subjunctive.
- v.
- vide.
- f.
- feminine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sl.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)