Glepja

Old Norse Dictionary - glepja

Meaning of Old Norse word "glepja" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

glepja Old Norse word can mean:

glepja
pret. glapði; sup. glapið or glapt; pres. glep; [glap]:—to confuse one in reading, speaking, or the like, Nj. 33: as a law term, to confound, glepja sókn, vörn, görð, Grág. i. 60, 382; g. þingför, þingreið, ii. 78; ok varðar þeiin fjörbaugs-garð ef þeir göra eigi ok hvegi er þeir glepja, i. 485: to beguile, Fms. i. 7, ii. 7, vi. 163, vii. 113, viii. 391, Eg. 587, Ls. 20, Eb. 252.
glepja
2. reflex. to be confounded; hugði hann at glepjask mundi þerririnn (of weather), Eb. 152; hversu honum glapðisk sona-eignin, Ld. 236, Ó. H. 145 (vide glapna).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᛒᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.
sup.
supine.
reflex.
retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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