Gapi

Old Norse Dictionary - gapi

Meaning of Old Norse word "gapi"

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

Old Norse word gapi can mean:gapi

gapi
a, m. a rash, reckless man, freq.; Icel. say, angr-gapi (q. v.), sólar-gapi, hann er mesti sólargapi, perhaps with reference to the Wolf and the Sun, Edda 7.
gapi
COMPDS: gapalegr, gapamuðr, gapaskapr, gapastokkr, gapuxi.

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

Abbreviations used:

freq.
frequent, frequently.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
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