Gnæfa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gnæfa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gnæfa" in Norwegian.

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

gnæfa: gnæfa, v. (að & fð) rage høit op i Veiret (jvf gnæpa, gnapa); af gnár nafni ersvá kallat, at þat gnæfi, er hátt ferrSE. I, 11814; merki konungs gnæfaðihátt Fm. VIII, 1266 jvf 6212. 350 &vl;hár logi (nam) við himni gnæfa Völs.1454 (c. 27) = NFkv. 336 a16; G. réttistupp, er hann kvam inn í dyrnar, hanngnæfði ofarliga við rjáfrinu Grett. 841;Porus sitr á fílinum - ok gnæfar yfirliðinu, til at jafna sem einn hár turnyfir þeim borgarveggjum, er um hannstanda Alex. 14113. Jvf. yfirgnæfa.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚿᛅᚠᛆ
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:

a.: accusativ.

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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