Gedda
Old Norse Dictionary - gedda
Meaning of Old Norse word "gedda"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gedda
- u, f. [cp. gaddr; Swed. gädda; Dan. gjæde], a pike, Edda Gl.), Fas. i. 152, 489, Sæm.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)