Glymja

Old Norse Dictionary - glymja

Meaning of Old Norse word "glymja"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

glymja
glumdi, pres. glym, to rattle, clash, plash, Str. 46: freq. in poetry of the sea or waves, vide Lex. Poët.: in prose esp. of an echo, það glumdi í klettunum, það glymr undir, or the like.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᚢᛘᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
pres.
present.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Str.
Strengleikar. (G. II.)
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