gaddr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *gazdaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌶𐌳𐍃 (gazds, “sting, goad”).

Noun edit

gaddr m

goad, spike
hard snow

Descendants edit

Danish: gad, gedde
→ Middle English: gadde; gedde
- English: gad; ged
Icelandic: gaddur
Norwegian Bokmål: gadd
Norwegian Nynorsk: gadd
Swedish: gadd

References edit

“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^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press

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