Kjá

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Kjá

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 kjá

ð, to grin, make grimaces, look stupid; sér þú at hverr kjár nefinu at öðrum, Grett. 147 A; eins og ganti orðið hvert við hváði | æði-lengi framan í mig kjáði, Snót 215.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Snót
Snót, poems.
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