Galli
Old Norse Dictionary - galli
Meaning of Old Norse word "galli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word galli can mean:galli
- galli
- a, m. [cp. Swed. gall = barren], a fault, flaw, drawback, Hm. 134, freq. in mod. usage (ár-galli, q. v.); hence galla-lauss, adj. faultless, Hom. (St.) 64, 72: gallaðr, part. vicious, guileful.
- galli
- II. a nickname, BS. i. Laur. S.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛚᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- part.
- participle.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Laur. S.
- Laurentius Saga. (D. III.)