Gassi
Old Norse Dictionary - gassi
Meaning of Old Norse word "gassi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gassi can mean:gassi
- gassi
- a, m. a gander: metaph. a noisy fellow, a ‘goose,’ Gísl. 10. Band. 8 (in a verse), Karl. 474; g. ok glópr, El. 15.
- gassi
- COMPDS: gassaglæpr, gassaligr, gassaskapr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛋᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)