Hagi

Old Norse Dictionary - hagi

Meaning of Old Norse word "hagi" in English.

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

hagi Old Norse word can mean:

hagi
a, m. [A. S. haga = a fence; Dan. have = a garden; Swed. hage; North. E. hag; Engl. hedge; cp. Old Engl. hay, Hayes as local names; the word still remains as an appellative in haw-thorn = hedge-thorn; haw-haw = a sunk fence]:—a pasture, prop. a ‘hedged field,’ Grág. ii. 227, Nj. 33, FmS. vii. 54, Ísl. ii. 330, Karl. 133; var hestum hagi fenginn, the horses were put out to grass, Fb. ii. 340; fjár-hagi, sauð-hagi, sheep pasture; fjall-hagar, fell pastures; heima-hagar, home pastures; út-hagi, out pasture (far from the farm); Icel. distinguish between tún and engjar for haymaking, and hagar for grazing.
hagi
COMPDS: hagabeit, hagaganga, hagagarðr, Hagaland, hagaspakr.

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

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Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
North. E.
Northern English.
prop.
proper, properly.
S.
Saga.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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