Pretta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - pretta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "pretta" in Norwegian.

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

pretta
pretta, v. (tt) 1) bedrage, besnære; heyrirþú, - hversu hann vildi pretta mik okslœgja með sínum fagrgala Barl. 9529;at því síðr megi prettast fákunnigirmenn Landsl. 8, 293; ekki skal ekpretta yðr í þessu kaupi Fm. VI, 1106;leyfa mun ek, ef þér prettit hann íöngu Nj. 58 (903). 2) forfalske; bréfeigi rasurat né prettat DN. III, 4626.

Part of speech: v

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

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