Gefn
Old Norse Dictionary - gefn
Meaning of Old Norse word "gefn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gefn
- f., poët. name of the goddess Freyja, Edda 21; prop. a giver, in poët. periphr. descriptions of women, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚠᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.