Gams
Old Norse Dictionary - gams
Meaning of Old Norse word "gams"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gams
- n. busks (?), in the phrase, snapa gams, to get nothing, Jón Þorl. i. 343, (mod.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛘᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Jón Þorl.
- Jón Þorláksson.