- hrot-gás
- f. [Dan. rodgaas; Norse rotgaas; Orkn. rood-goose]:—a barnacle-goose, Edda (Gl.)
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
hrot-gás
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rotche — or rotch [räch] n. 〚for earlier rotge < Du rotje, brant goose, prob. via Fl rotgoes < Norw ròtgȧs < ON hrotgás < * hrot , echoic of its cry + gás, akin to OE gos,GOOSE〛 DOVEKIE * * * … Universalium
rotche — or rotch [räch] n. [for earlier rotge < Du rotje, brant goose, prob. via Fl rotgoes < Norw ròtgȧs < ON hrotgás < * hrot , echoic of its cry + gás, akin to OE gos,GOOSE] DOVEKIE … English World dictionary
