gaddr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gazdaz. Cognate with Gothic đŒČđŒ°đŒ¶đŒłđƒ (gazds, “sting, goad”).

Noun

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gaddr m

  1. goad, spike
  2. hard snow

Descendants

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  • Danish: gad, gedde
  • Icelandic: gaddur
  • Norwegian BokmĂ„l: gadd
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gadd
  • Swedish: gadd
  • → Middle English: gadde; gedde

References

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  • “gaddr”, in Geir T. ZoĂ«ga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ZoĂ«ga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
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