Gegnd
Old Norse Dictionary - gegnd
Meaning of Old Norse word "gegnd"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gegnd
- f. moderation, reason; það er engi gegnd í því, ‘tis unreasonable; ó-gegnd, excess; í ó-gegnd, excessively; það er mesta ó-gegnd, id.: gegndar-ligr, adj. (-liga, adv.), = gegniligr; gegndar-lauss, adj. (-leysi, n.), unreasonable, exorbitant.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚴᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.