Gnöllra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gnöllra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gnöllra" (or gnǫllra) in Norwegian.

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

gnöllra (gnǫllra)
gnöllra (eller nöllra Didr. 2452) v. (að)bjæffe (jvf gnella, gnísta, Folkespr.gnella, gneldra, gnaldra Aasen 231 a41);við þessi orð spratt hundrinn uppgnístandi ok gnöllraði hátt Flat. I,52026; hundrinn hljóp gnöllrandi atgeltinum Fld. III, 54513; haukar þeirragnöllraðu (&vl gnullu) Klm. 37638;þar eru tveir hundar, ok gnöllra þeirok grenja Didr. 2452 &vl

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, gnöllra may be more accurately written as gnǫllra.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚿᚯᛚᛚᚱᛆ
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.
v.
Verbum.

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