Gjalla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjalla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjalla" in Norwegian.

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

gjalla: gjalla, v. (gell, gall, gollinn) give fra sig en klangfuld, stærk Lyd (jvf t. gellen);gullhringr mikill - glumraði við, erþeir ríða yfir hann; því gellr hannsvá hart, sagði H., at - Fld. I, 9123;strengr gellr ok er skotit öru Flat.II, 36226; jvf Fld. II, 1976; Fsk. 646;lúðr gall Mag.* 82; Haraldr stökk ílopt ok gall við Fm. VIII, 1714; grað-ungr tók at belja ok gjalla ákafligaFlat. I, 54510; om Ørn og Ravn: Hund.1, 1; Guðr. 2, 8; SE. II, 4617; Fsk.483; Fm. I, 13115; sækvikendi blásaeða gjalla SE. II, 4620; upers. œptihann svá hátt, at gall í skóginum Bev.23635; kvað Þorsteinn (í dyflizunni)svá hátt, at gall í múrnum Grett. 19522.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᛆᛚᛚᛆ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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