Garpr
Old Norse Dictionary - garpr
Meaning of Old Norse word "garpr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word garpr can mean:garpr
- garpr
- m. a warlike man, but often with the notion of a bravo, Grett. 155; g. eða afreksmaðr, Nj. 261; mikilúðligr ok g. enn mesti, Fms. xi. 78; garpar miklir ok afætor, 111, Fb. ii. 72, Vápn. 19, Bjarn. 34: even of a woman (virago), hón var væn kona ok g. mikill í skapi, Sturl. i. 148.
- garpr
- β. the name of an ox, Gullþ. 23, whence Garps-dalr, m. the name of a farm, Landn.: of a horse, hvat mun garprinn vilja er hann er heim kominn, Hrafn. 8.
- garpr
- γ. the Hanseatic traders in Sweden and Norway were in the Middle Ages called Garpar, D. n., Boldt, Verel.; hence Garpa-skuld, n. a debt due to the Garps, D. n.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚱᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Boldt
- Boldt. (J. II.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Verel.
- Verelius, Index.