Gnaga
Old Norse Dictionary - gnaga
Meaning of Old Norse word "gnaga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gnaga
- að, mod. naga, but in allit. and old writers with g, as ok um grjót gnaga, Hm. 106: it was originally a strong verb, pret. gnóg, as ala ól, and is still used so in some provincial dialects of Norway, vide Ivar Aasen; hence part. gnagit, Barl. 56 (Norse); in old Icel. writers it only remains in poetry, viz. pres. gnegr, Fms. vi. 310 (in a verse of the 11th century); gengr, i. e. gnegr, Edda (A. m.) i. 68, note 12: [Engl. gnaw; Swed. gnaga; Dan. gnave]:—to gnaw; en Níðhöggr gnagar neðan rótina, Edda 10, Gm. 33; hestar gnöguðu beizlin, Karl. 376; þeir gnöguðu skjaldar-rendr, Fas. i. 425; mýss tvær gnagaðu um rætr trésins, Barl. 56.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- A. M.
- Arna-Magnacanus.
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)