Gang-lati

Old Norse Dictionary - gang-lati

Meaning of Old Norse word "gang-lati"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

gang-lati
a, m. a ‘lazy goer,’ an idler; and gang-löt, f. id., pr. names of the servants in the hall of Hela, Edda.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚾᚴ-ᛚᛅᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.
pr.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
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