Gnœgja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gnœgja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gnœgja" in Norwegian.

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

gnœgja
gnœgja, v. (gð) 1) gjøre noget saa rige-ligt, at det er forhaanden i stor Mængde, = nœgja; svá sem fyrrum gnœgðistmeð henni syndin, - svá gnœgðist okmeð henni guðs miskunn Heilag. I,51933. 35 &vl 2) gjøre tilstrækkelig, =nœgja; gnœgjast dvs. være tilstrækkelig;þat væni ek, at þeim, er undirstanda;mín orð -, gnœgist vel, þótt eigi taliek lengra Thom. 52216. 3) saaledesforsyne, begave, fylde Person eller Ting,med noget (e-u, af e-u, at e-u, meðe-u), at samme har rigeligt Forraadderaf; muþr þínn gnœ(g)þesk íllzko(Vulg. os tuum abundabat malitia) Homil.214 (Psalm. 50, 19); skalþu oþlask oravinatto ok gneog(iask) /av/þhøfom okmetorþom Heilag. I, 36329; var hanngnœgðr af mörgum mannkostum Post.41330; ek var, áðr ek fór héðan, gnœgðaf góðum hlutum ok fylld farsældaStj. 42127; þeir gneogþo hana at öllogóþo Homil. 13129; var borg sjá gnœgðat ökrum ok gœdd at víngörðum Heilag.I, 3142. 36.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚿᚯᚵᛁᛆ
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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