Gnauða
Old Norse Dictionary - gnauða
Meaning of Old Norse word "gnauða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gnauða
- að, mod. nauða, to rustle, ring; hann lætr g. broddinn í jöklinum, of the sound of a mountaineer’s staff, Bárð. 171; gnauðaði svá at skjálfa þóttu húsin, of troops riding over the ice, Sturl. iii. 147; hence mod. nauða á e-m, to din in one’s ear.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᛅᚢᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)