Gypsmager

Old Danish Dictionary - gypsmager

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

The Old Danish word Gypsmager can mean:

  • no. gipser; plastes, gyps- mager. Nucleus latinit. 1270. ; — (Gyrt the mestere kunne wel serifge gyr folle oe alskens creatur (1510). n. D. Mag, UI. 334. Ordet er på anf. st. forklaret — isl. gygr (jvir. gyg ovf.), hvilket ej passer, men da den sv. text v. 345 har: diwr, fughla oc alsekins cremtwr, er her sikkert kun. en trykfejl.)

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

Abbreviations used:

isl.
islandsk.
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
sv.
svensk.
t.
tysk.

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