Gås

Old Danish Dictionary - gås

Meaning of Old Danish word "Gås", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Gås can mean:

  • no. hunk. (> isl. sås); tac »»een hwit gas oc dræp hænne. Arne- magn, Hdskr. pr. 187. 60.4. Pædher, sagde gaasen, jeg ager, ther reffwen løb tijl skowen met henne. P.Lolle. or. 34; tag en feed. gaas, haeke en kat i smaustyeker oc fyld hende med. n.M. Aalborg, Lægebog. 1633. 142. — then haffuer, szom the giifue met gessernue. n. D. Mag. VI. 204. — gess. Malmeb. 67; Herm. Weigere, TD. — bære koldt vand på en gås o: spilde sine ord; thett hiellper icke mere banem at lerre endtt kalkt wandtt paa en gaas att berre. Kortvending. v. 3245—46. Sulen. bære 3) ovf. og Pltov. slå vand på, der ogsaa tindes i æ, Dsk., se P. Lolle vr. 1018; det er alligevel altsammen, lige som mand sloge vand paa en gaass. TidemandPost. fort. bi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚮᛋ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

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Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
hunk.
hunkøn (femininum).
isl.
islandsk.
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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