Gniða

Old Norse Dictionary - gniða

Meaning of Old Norse word "gniða" in English.

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

gniða
or niða, að, [Dan. gnide], to rub; þat var sem sviðit ok gniðat öðru-megin, hón lét telgja á lítinn flatveg þar sem gniðat var, Grett. 177 new Ed.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
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