Gapi
Old Norse Dictionary - gapiMeaning of Old Norse word "gapi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
gapi Old Norse word can mean:
- gapi
- a, m. a rash, reckless man, freq.; Icel. say, angr-gapi (q. v.), sólar-gapi, hann er mesti sólargapi, perhaps with reference to the Wolf and the Sun, Edda 7.
- gapi
- COMPDS: gapalegr, gapamuðr, gapaskapr, gapastokkr, gapuxi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛒᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)