Gyrða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - gyrðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "gyrða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
gyrða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- gyrða
- (-ða, -ðr), v.
- gyrða
- 1) to gird (with a belt); g. sik, to gird oneself, fasten one’s belt (cf. gyrðr í brœkr); g. sik með sverði, to gird on a sword;
- gyrða
- 2) to girth (g. hest, g. söðul).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
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