Gamban-
Old Norse Dictionary - gamban-
Meaning of Old Norse word "gamban-"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gamban-
- a dubious word, perh. costly; in A. S. poetry gamban occurs twice or thrice in an allit. phrase, gamban gyldan = to pay a fee (Grein): gamban-reiði, f. splendid gear (?), Skm. 33; gamban-sumbl, n. a sumptuous banquet, LS. 8; gamban-teinn, m. a staff, Skm. 32. These poems seem to be by one hand, and the word occurs nowhere else in the northern languageS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛘᛒᛅᚾ-
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)