Gagn-
Old Norse Dictionary - gagn-Meaning of Old Norse word "gagn-" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
gagn- Old Norse word can mean:
- gagn-
- an adverbial prefix:
- gagn-
- A. [Cp. the adv. gegn], gain- (in gainsay), counter, esp. in law terms:—hence gagna-gögn, n. pl. counter-proofs, Grág. i. 106. gagn-augu, n. pl. ‘counter-eyes,’ temples. gagn-dyrt, n. adj. with doors opposite one another, FaS. ii. 181. gagn-gjald, n., prop. a ‘countergild,’ antidote, a Norse law term, which seems identical with mundr or tilgjöf, opp. to heiman-fylgja, dowry, which in case of the husband’s death or divorce was to be the wife’s property; gjöf and gagngjald are distinguished, n. G. l. i. 29; þá skal hon þarnast gagngjalds ok gjafar, 51. gagn-görð, f. transgression, 15. 1 (MS.) gagn-hollr, adj. kind to one another, Hm. 31. gagn-kvöð, f. a counter-summons, Grág. ii. 102. gagn-mælendr, part. pl. gain-sayers, opponents, Mart. 114. gagn-mæli, n. gain-saying, contradiction, FmS. x. 403, Stj. 331. gagn-nefna, u, f. a mutual nomination, of arbitrators, Grág. i. 495. gagn-staða, u, f. ‘gain-staying,’ resistance, FmS. x. 387, Hom. (St.) 43. gagnstöðu-flokkr, m. the opposite party, FmS. viii. 323: gagnstöðu-maðr, m. an opponent, adversary, 623. 12, 655 xvi. B. 3: gagn-staðleikr (-leiki), m. the contradictory, reverse, Stj. 263. gagn-staðligr, adj. (-liga, adv.), contrary, opposed to, FmS. i. 263, viii. 326, x. 233, Stj. 29, 73, Ó. H. 195, SkS. 576. gagn-staðr, adj. id., Stj. 163, FmS. viii. 323. gagn-stæðligr and gagn-stæðiligr, adj. = gagnstaðligr, FmS. ix. 528, SkS. 111, 130, 337, Stj. 335, FS. 172. gagn-sök, f. a counter-action, counter-charge, a law term,—the defendant brought forth counter-charges, to be set off against those of the prosecutor, vide Nj. passim, Grág. i. 294, K. þ. K. 160, FS. 74, 125, Grett. 151, Valla l. 204, Rd. 300. gagn-tak, n. a ‘holder against,’ the strap to which the girth is attached, FmS. vii. 170, Sturl. iii. 114, Glúm. 393, Hkr. iii. 283, Karl. 458, Flor. 78; also called mót-tak. gagn-vert and gagn-vart, n. adj., used as prep. and adv., over against, with dat., Eg. 206, FmS. vi. 32, vii. 253. xi. 34, Nj. 34, Sd. 163; sitja g. e-m, FS. 148; g. sólunni, 1812. 133; g. dyrum, Gullþ. 26, Fbr. 37, 64, passim:—as adv., Landn. 62, FmS. ii. 27, xi. 125.
- gagn-
- B. [Cp. gegnum and the adj. gegn], through, right through, straight; and so thorough, thoroughly, very (in which sense gay or gey is still used in Scot. and North. E., Jamieson Suppl. S. v.):—hence gagn-drepa, adj. wet through. gagn-færiligr and gagn-færr, adj. through-going, used as transl. of the Lat. penetrans, Stj. 89, 656 A. i. 34, 655 xxxii. 19. gagn-gört, n. adj. straight, Fb. iii. 296, Gísl. 38. gagn-hræddr, adj. ‘gay’ (i. e. very) frightened, FmS. iv. 147, 625. 18. gagn-kunnigr, adj. knowing thoroughly. gagn-leiði, n. the ‘ganest’ (i. e. shortest) way, Al. 92. gagn-orðr, adj. ‘gane-worded,’ speaking shortly, to the point, Nj. 38; (opp. to marg-orðr or lang-orðr.) gagn-skeytiligr, adj. to be shot through, SkS. 398 B. gagn-skorinn, part. scored through, i. e. cut through by fjords, rivers, etc., FaS. iii. 511: also thoroughly scored, i. e. carved all over, Vígl. 48 new Ed. gagn-stígr, m. a ‘gane’ way, short cut, Al. 109, SkS. 2, FmS. vii. 82 (in a verse). gagn-sæll, adj. through-seeing, penetrating, SkS. 208, (rare.) gagn-sær, adj. transparent, Rb. 354; gagnsætt gler, Hom. 128. gagn-vátr, adj. wet through. gagn-vegr, m. [Swed. genväg] = gagnstígr, Hm. 33. gagn-þurr, adj. dry all through, quite dry.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚴᚾ-
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- dat.
- dative.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- transl.
- translation.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Mart.
- Martinus Saga. (F. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)