gaddr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

gaddr m

  1. goad, spike
  2. hard snow

Descendants
  • Danish: gad, gedde
  • → Middle English: gadde; gedde
  • Icelandic: gaddur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gadd
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: 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
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