gaddr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gazdaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌶𐌳𐍃 (gazds, “sting, goad”).
Noun
gaddr m
- goad, spike
- hard snow
Descendants
- Danish: gad, gedde
- → Middle English: gadde; gedde
- English: gad; ged
- Icelandic: gaddur
- Norwegian Bokmål: gadd
- Swedish: gadd
References
- “gaddr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press