gadd

gadd

1. simple past of gidde

• (dead pine): gaddj (Trøndelag)
• (dead pine): gaidd (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen, Trøndelag)

Inherited from Old Norse gaddr, from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰazdʰ-, *ǵʰast-. First attested in 1698 by Jacob Laugesen Bork.

gadd m (definite singular gadden, indefinite plural gaddar, definite plural gaddane)

1. a dry dead pine

   Synonyms: furugadd, hålå, turrhale

2. (less common) a dry dead spruce

gadd m (definite singular gadden, indefinite plural gaddar, definite plural gaddane)

1. (Astafjord municipality) medium-sized young pollock (bigger than mort and pale, but smaller than småsei)

gadd

1. past of gidde

• “gadd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “gadd” in Store norske leksikon
• Johan Hveding (1968), Håløygsk ordsamling (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 38

From Old Norse gaddr, from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰazdʰ-, *ǵʰast-.

• IPA^(key): /ɡad/

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gadd c

2. (anatomy) a stinger, a sting (the spike of for example wasps, bees, and scorpions)
3. (colloquial) a tooth

   borsta gaddarna

   brush one's teeth

4. (archaic) a forked tongue (the split tongue of a snake)

• gadda

• gadd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gadd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gadd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːð/

gadd

1. soft mutation of cadd