Hlakka

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hlakka

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hlakka" in Norwegian.

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

hlakka: hlakka, v. (að) 1) skrige (jvf klaka); omØrn: Vsp. 59 (NFkv. 9 a6). 2) yttreGlæde over, Tilfredshed med noget; hlakkatil e-s dvs. glæde sig til noget som mangjerne vil faa, gjøre, Heilag. II, 3544;hlakka yfir e-u Mar. 10848 fg; Grett.119 &vl; Heilag. II, 5465; = berkjayfir e-u Alex. 246 (jvf 17813); hérer sagt, at tungan hlakki yfir réttvísiguðs, þar sem hitt væri alþýðligra atsegja, at hann hœfi upp guðs orð meðtungunni, en þetta umskipti var görttil þess at setja þat orð, er meiraþótti vert, í stað ens minna SE. II,2324; börnin hlakka þá (mods. gráta13510) ok huggast Bp. II, 13514.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛚᛆᚴᚴᛆ
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:

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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