Gagarr

Old Norse Dictionary - gagarr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gagarr" in English.

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

gagarr: m. a dog; gagarr er skaptr því at geyja skal, a dog is so made as to bark, Mkv. 4: used as a nickname, Landn. 145: in a verse in Eg. a shell is called ‘the ever mute surf-dog’ (síþögull brimróta gagarr), prob. from a custom of Icel. children, who in play make shells represent flocks and herds, kú-skeljar (cow-shells), gymbr-skeljar (lamb-shells), and put one shell for a dog. gagara-ljóð, n. pl. ‘dog-song’ (?), a kind of metre in Rímur.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

prob.: probably.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Mkv.: Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)

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