Gizki
Old Norse Dictionary - gizki
Meaning of Old Norse word "gizki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gizki can mean:gizki
- gizki
- a, m. a kind of kerchief (of goal-skin?); hón horfði upp í fjallit ok veifði gizka eðr dúki, Fs. 59; síðan veifði hann gizka til fjalls ok tók þá af veðrit, 78:—mod. a scarecrow.
- gizki
- II. an island in Norway, Fms.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛋᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)