Gnöllra
Old Norse Dictionary - gnöllra
Meaning of Old Norse word "gnöllra" (or gnǫllra)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gnöllra (gnǫllra)
- að, (nöllra, Karl. l. c.; hence the mod. nöldra to grumble, nöldr grumbling):—to howl, bark; hundrinn hljóp upp gnöllrandi, Fas. iii. 545; haukar þeirra gnöllraðu, Karl. 376, v. l.; við þessi orð spratt hundrinn upp ok gnöllraði hátt, Fms. iii. 13; hjarta hans gnöllraði í honum innan-brjósts eins og greyhundr, rendering of Od. xx. 13, 14; þar eru tveir hundar ok nöllra þeir ok grenja, Þiðr. 245.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, gnöllra may be more accurately written as gnǫllra.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᚢᛚᛚᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)