Gnúa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gnúa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gnúa" in Norwegian.

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

gnúa: gnúa, v. (gný, gneri, gnúinn) = núa 1) gnide noget (e-u) imod en andenGjenstand saaledes at begge komme inær og stærk Berørelse indbyrdes; nökk-urir þeir fiskar, sem hvasskömbóttireru um bakit -, gnúa sér svá fastvið kviðinn á honum, at þar af særisthann ok deyr Stj. 7727; gnera ek vátumhöndum um augu mér OH. 224; ekrOddr sér þar at, er öx lá, hann gnýrþar við bakinu, þar til er bogastrengr-inn skarst Fld. II, 5374 (jvf 22517);ekki þykki mér þat hlœgiligt, þó atþeir sveinar hlæi at því, at þú sitirmjótt ok gnúir saman lærum þínumBand. 3817. 2) gnide noget ved at ladedet berøres haardt af en anden Gjen-stand, som bevæges hen over det; hanntók til orða ok gneri nefit Flat. II,49330; flógu af honum húðina kvikumok gneru hann síðan allan með saltiMar. 53914; gnúa e-t í sundr dvs. gnidenoget saaledes, at det derved gaar itu, Kgs. 13814; Ridd. 14616.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚿᚢᛆ
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.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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