Kaga

Old Norse Dictionary - kaga

Meaning of Old Norse word "kaga"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

kaga
að, [kaga, Ivar Aasen; cp. Old. Engl. kyke (Chaucer); Scot. keek; Germ. kucken; Dan. kige]:—to bend forward and peep, pry, gaze; hón kagar hjá gáttinni, Fbr. 18, v. l.; kom út maðr ok kagaði hjá dyrrum, Fs. 42; kaga upp í himin, Hom. 89; hjartans augum til hans kaga, 90; köguðu til hans óframliga, Niðrst. 5; see kögla.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
Scot.
Scottish.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Niðrst.
Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
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