Gnísta
Old Norse Dictionary - gnísta
Meaning of Old Norse word "gnísta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gnísta can mean:gnísta
- gnísta
- t, mod. also nista, to gnash the teeth; g. tönnum, Mar. freq., Greg. 55, Mart. 118, FaS. iii. 629 (where nísta, paper MS.); ok þeir nístu tönnum yfir honum, Acts vii. 54:—tranS. to tease, mundu þér eigi gníst hafa yðvarn biskup með svá skarpri meingörðar ör, Mar. 457.
- gnísta
- 2. to snarl as a dog; þeir ýldu ok gnístu, FmS. vii. 192; við þetta spratt hundrinn upp gnístandi, iii. 13; hans hundar hversu þeir gnístu, Þíðr. 368; gnístandi frost, a biting frost, FmS. ii. 225. ☞ Nesta or nísta (q. v.), to pin, is a different word.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᛁᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
- trans.
- transitive.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Mart.
- Martinus Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)