Flensa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - flensa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "flensa" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

flensa: flensa, v. slikke, kysse? þá er þeir sigldufyrir land fram Haraldr konungr okEysteinn, ok siglir E. meira ok of fram,þá mælti konungr: hvaðan kom þérsegl þat it góða, er þú hefir? E. svarar:hér er nú þat seglit, er þér neittuð,herra! Konungr mælti: ek sák aldribetri segl, ok hefi ek þar góðu nítt.E. mælti: viltu flensa í milli segla (dvs.som Mellemlag for at faa mit Seil i Bytte mod dit), herra! konungr mæltiok brosti at; hví eigi? segir hanngékk upp síðan hjá siglunni; E. mælti:gör þik eigi at undri, ok haf seglhvárt er þú vil, ok er vel, at þú vitir,hverju þú níttir Mork. 755 (Fm. VI,35926). - Betydningen synes usikker, menOrdet er vistnok beslægtet med ht. flen-zen, flenschen DWb. III, 1723 a66 fgg;mnt. vlenseken, vleseken Mnd. Wb. V,270; og mht. flans, vlans DWb. III,172352 fgg; Mhd. Wb. III, 336 b40 fgg;Lexer III, 38726.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛚᚽᚿᛋᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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