Ganimaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ganimaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ganimaðr" in Norwegian.

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

ganimaðr: ganimaðr, m. Person som raaber, skriger; Móðolfr djákni er kallaðr var gani-maðr (= gani Sturl. III, 10213 ældreUdg.) Sturl. II, 8825 (jvf gan, gana?);saa kaldtes han vel, fordi han stod og raabte i Kirken jvf Bingham Orig. eccles. I, 320 fgg og Folkevisens: ikjevil ek ein klokkar ha, so stend i kyr-kjo aa gapar.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛆᚿᛁᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.