Gangari
Old Norse Dictionary - gangari
Meaning of Old Norse word "gangari"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gangari
- a, m. [Dan. and Scot. ganger, a transl. of the mid. Lat. ambulator]:—an ambling nag, a palfrey, Sturl. iii. 117; spelt gangvari in Þiðr. 16, 23; passim in the romances.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚾᚴᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- transl.
- translation.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)