Gnötra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gnötra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gnötra" (or gnǫtra) in Norwegian.

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

gnötra (gnǫtra)
gnötra eller nötra, v. (að) klappre; gnötrarsverðit hvárt yfir annat dvs. den enesSværd høres slaa mod den andens,idet de kom hinanden nær ind paa Livet,Troj. 21 (54) &vl 7; beinin (paa den af Sygdom haardt angrebne Mand) gnöt-ruðu við hrœringarnar Bp. I, 6922; viðþat, er hann hrœrði handa ok bles-saði, þá þóttist A. heyra, at gimstein-arnir (hvormed Ærmet syntes prydet)gnötruðu saman í erminni Heilag. I,63020; Skiði dragnaði eptir (Hesten, somblev reden og i hvis Tagl han varbunden efter Fødderne), ok var þá eyttskóginum ok stóðu stofnar eptir, þarhlaut hann at gnötra um (nl. om Træ-stubberne) Svarfd. 2449; glamrar í hon-um hvert tönn ok gnötrar Háv. 4213;er ritat, at þeir gnötri tönnum þar ípíslar frosti Elucid. 16316.

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, gnötra may be more accurately written as gnǫtra.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚿᚯᛏᚱᛆ
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:

fd.
finlandisk.
nl.
nemlig.
p.
Pagina, side.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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