Gaul
Old Norse Dictionary - gaul
Meaning of Old Norse word "gaul"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gaul can mean:gaul
- gaul
- n. a lowing, bellowing, Fms. iii. 201, passim:—medic., garnagaul, ‘stomachus latrans.’
- gaul
- II. fem. a river in Norway, hence Gaular-dalr, m. the name of a county; Gaul-verjar, m. pl. the men from G.; Gaulverja-bær, m. a farm in Icel.; Gaul-verskr, adj., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚢᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- n.
- neuter.
- trans.
- transitive.
- adj.
- adjective.
- fem.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)