Gæi-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - gæi-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gæi-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gæi-maðr
- m. a gude-man or good-man, franklin, perh. derived from gó- in góligr, Edda i. 536 (a απ. λεγ.); it is evidently the same as Engl. yeoman, gæi-brúðr, f. a good-wife, also a απ. λεγ. in a verse, Eb.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛁ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- perh.
- perhaps.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)