Glotta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - glotta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "glotta" in Norwegian.

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

glotta: glotta, v. (tt) grine, fortrække sit Ansigtsaaledes at man viser Tænder; hún (nl. tröllkonan) var nýkomin af hafi -, húnglotti við sólunni Fld. II, 1276; viðandlátit skaut upp (af kafi) andlitinu;var þá opinn muðrinn ok augun, okvar þá því líkast at sjá í andlitit,sem þá er maðr glottir at nökkverjuFbr. 946; glotta at, við dvs. i Anled-ning af noget, som i det foregaaende ernævnt, Flat. I, 39734; Grett. 267; Klm.3732; Nj. 16 (275); glotta við tönn,um tenn Nj. 120 (1823); OH. 11425;(Flat. II, 22831); SE. I, 1524.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛚᚮᛏᛏᛆ
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.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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