Gaurr
Old Norse Dictionary - gaurr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gaurr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gaurr
- m. [Ulf. gaurs = sad], a rough, a ‘sad fellow,’ used in Kormak 240, but esp. freq. in old romances translated from French; seldom used in genuine old writers; in exclamations, gaurr! vándr g! etc., Flóv., Art., Str. passim, Fas. iii. 6. gaura-gangr, m. a gang of ruffians, Gísl. 53.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Art.
- Artus-kappa Sögur. (G. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)