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gandur.

a riding animal, an animal for riding

6 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkantʏr]
  1. a riding animal, an animal for riding

    masculine
  2. a wolf, a dangerous beast

    archaic · masculine
  3. a magic staff

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse gandr (“magic staff, sorcery; wolf”), from Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᚾᛞᚨᛉ (*gandaʀ) (attested in ᚢᚾᚷᚨᚾᛞᛁᛉ (ungandiʀ, “unsorcered; not bewitched”)), from Proto-Germanic *gandaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to beat; slay”).

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