Gnap

Old Norse Dictionary - gnap

Meaning of Old Norse word "gnap" in English.

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

gnap
n., poët. high places, the high sea, Edda (Gl.): in poët. compds, gnap-hjarl, -salr, -stóll, -turn, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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