Gína
Old Norse Dictionary - gína
Meaning of Old Norse word "gína"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gína
- pret. gein, pl. ginu; pres. gín (Edda 101); sup. ginit; in old poems a weak pret. gínði also occurs, Arnór, Orkn. 90; pl. gíndu, Geisli 29, FmS. iii. 4 (in a verse); [A. S. gînan; Engl. to yawn; Germ. gähnen; Gr. χαίνω]:—to gape, yawn, esp. of wild beasts; gínandi úlfr, Hm. 84; hann brá líndúk um hödduna ok gein yfir, FmS. i. 36: of wounds, en er gína tóku sár hans, Bjarn. 10; gína við agni, to snap at the bait, Hým. 22; gína við flugu, to snap at a fly; þóttisk Sigmundr nú yfir flugu ginit hafa, Ísl. ii. 25; Miðgorðs-ormr gein yfir oxa-höfuðit, Edda 36; vide fluga.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- S.
- Saga.
- sup.
- supine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)