gærning (OSw) gærning (ODan) giarning (OGu) gerning (ON) gerningr (ON) görning (ON) gerning (OSw) giarning (OSw) noun

Literally ‘deed’, particularly criminal deeds. Appears in numerous expressions referring to encountering someone in incriminating circumstances, exemplified below.

act ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 2
ODan SkL 43, 103
ODan VSjL 35
OSw DL Mb
OSw UL Kgb, Mb, Kmb, Blb, Rb
OSw VmL Kgb, Mb, Kmb, Rb
OSw YVgL Kkb, Drb
act of violence OSw HL Kgb
OSw KrL Kgb
OSw MEL Kgb
OSw UL Kgb, Kmb
action ODan SkL 8, 15, 17, 18, 61, 62, 118, 126, 127, 132
ODan VSjL 35
OSw KrL Hb
OSw MEL Hb
OSw MESt Hb
crime OSw DL Eb
OSw HL Kgb, Mb
OSw SdmL Bb
OSw YVgL Drb
deed (1) ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 2, 3
ODan SkBL
ODan VSjL 23, 43, 46, 53, 57, 63, 69, 86
OGu GL A 1
OSw BjR
OSw DL Eb
OSw HL Kgb, Mb
OSw KrL Kb, Hb, DbI, DbII, SmbI, SmbII, Tb, Add
OSw MEL Kb, Rb, Eb, Hb, DbI, DbII, SmbI, Tb
OSw MESt Kb, Rb, DbI, DbII, SmbI
OSw ÖgL Eb, Gb
OSw SdmL Kgb, Gb, Äb, Kmb, Mb, Till
OSw SmL
OSw UL Kkb, Kgb, Mb, Add. 3
OSw VmL Kkb, Kgb, Mb
OSw YVgL Drb, Add
evil deed OSw YVgL Add
handicraft OSw KrL Kmb
OSw MESt Kmb Tb
misdeed OSw KrL Eb
OSw MEL Eb Hb
OSw ÖgL Eb Bb
offence OSw ÖgL Äb
OSw UL Kgb, Mb
poison OSw SdmL Mb
sorcery ONorw FrL KrbB 15
violence OSw MEL Tb
OSw YVgL Add
violent act OSw DL Rb
violent deed OSw KrL Kmb
OSw SdmL Kgb
witchcraft OIce Grg Klþ 7
ONorw BorgL 16.7
ONorw GuL Krb
work OSw MESt Bb
work by an artisan OSw UL Kkb, Kmb
OSw VmL Kmb
Expressions:

braþ gærning (OSw)

spur of the moment OSw HL Kgb

sudden action OSw DL Eb

fa a/viþer færski gærning (OSw )

catch fresh from the deed OSw MEL DbI KrL DbI

catch in the act OSw UL Kgb, Kmb VmL Kgb, Kmb

catch red-handed OSw KrL Eb MEL Kgb MESt DbI

take prisoner committing something OSw MEL Eb

gerningar illar (ON)

sorcery ONorw GuL Krb

gærning göra, gærning gjora (OSw)

commit (a crime or offence) OSw UL Kkb, Kgb, Mb, Kmb, Rb VmL Kkb, Kgb, Mb, Kmb, Rb

takin (ok gripin) a/viþer færsko gaerning (OSw)

apprehended redhanded OSw HL Kgb

caught and apprehended in the very act OSw SdmL Kgb, Kmb

caught red-handed OSw KrL Hb, Tb MEL Tb MESt Kgb, Eb

takin ælla fangin a samu gærning (OSw)

caught or captured in the act OSw DL Eb