Gandr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gandr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gandr" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

gandr: gandr, m. (n. Pl. -ar) eg. Kjæp, Stage; men i Besynderlighed brugt om detTrolddomsmiddel, som Troldkarlen ellerTroldkvinden sendte afsted i sit Ærinde,eller ogsaa dels iførte sig for i dets Hameller Skikkelse selv at fare afsted, ellerpaa hvilket de rede, naar de vilde etsteds hen; se Chron. Norv. 4 fg (85 fg); jvfDm.3 1038 og min Afhandling om Lappernes Hedenskab og Trolddoms- kunst i (norsk) Historisk Tidsskrift IV,164-171; vítti hón ganda, seið hónhvars hón kunni Vsp. 26 (NFkv.4 b16); víða hefi ek göndum rennt ínótt Fbr. 9621; Ó. ferr út ok hrœrðisínn gand, þat köllum vér, at hónfœri at seiða Didr. 3041. Jvf. gand-reið, jörmungandr, vanargandr.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛆᚿᚦᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

eg.: egentlig.

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

v.: Verbum.

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