Gægjask
Old Norse Dictionary - gægjask
Meaning of Old Norse word "gægjask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gægjask
- ð, dep. [gügsle, De Professor; Germ. gucken], to be all agog, to bend eagerly forward and peep, Eb. 272, Bárð. 171, Grett. 114, 148; g. yfir herðar e-m, Konr.: ok þá hann gægðisk þar inn, John xx. 5.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚴᛁᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dep.
- deponent.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)