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.)
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