gadd

See also: Gadd and gådd

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gadd

1. simple past of gidde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Noun

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)

Etymology 3

Verb

gadd

1. past of gidde

References

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

Swedish

getinggadd [wasp stinger] (sense 1)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡad/

• Audio:

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Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of gadd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gadd	gadds
	definite	gadden	gaddens
plural	indefinite	gaddar	gaddars
	definite	gaddarna	gaddarnas

Derived terms

• gadda

References

• “gadd”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “gadd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “gadd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːð/

Verb

gadd

1. soft mutation of cadd

Mutation

Mutated forms of cadd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cadd	gadd	nghadd	chadd

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.