Glepja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - glepja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "glepja" in Norwegian.

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

glepja
glepja, v. (glapti) 1) bringe noget til atglippe, foraarsage at det med noget ikkebliver eller gaar saaledes som det skuldeeller man vilde (jvf glapna, afglapa);gerðu í móti helgum bókum ok vilduglepja (&vl niðr brjóta) hit sanna Post.19126; ef þeir gera eigi (sætt), eðrhvegi er þeir glepja Grág. 27912. 2801;glepja vörn, þingför e-s Grg. I, 698.17523; Grág. 34220; þerririnn glepstEb. 30 (536). 2) foranledige eller søgebevirket, at en forløber sig, ikke bærersig saaledes ad, som han skulde. Nj.22 (3326); især glepja konu dvs. forføreKvinde, søge at komme i utilbørligt For-hold til hende: þik glapþi at geði sveinninn hvíti, er þér sigli gaf ok þú lagðirl/,e/r yfir Lok. 20; jvf Fm. VI, 16328. VIII,3911; Eg. 79 (19017); Eb. 47 (9112);Sturl. I, 23228; Ávalda var lítit um, atH. glepti dóttur hans, en hann vildigipta honum Kolfinnu, H. vildi eigikvángast Fm. II, 716 (jvf Frs. 8731 fgg; Flat. I, 30336 fgg); men ogsaa glepjae-n frá drykkju dvs. drage en bort fraDeltagelse i Drikkelag, Mag. 2212.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛚᚽᛕᛁᛆ
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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