Gaufa
Old Norse Dictionary - gaufa
Meaning of Old Norse word "gaufa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gaufa
- að, (and gauf, n., gaufari, a, m.), to saunter, be sluggish, freq. akin to gafi, cp. Goth. gepanta in a reference by Jornandes—nam lingua eorum ‘pigra’ gepanta dicitur, whence ‘Gepidi,’ the name of an ancient Teut. people.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚢᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.