Gnístan

Old Norse Dictionary - gnístan

Meaning of Old Norse word "gnístan" in English.

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

gnístan
f. gnashing of teeth, in the phrase, óp ok tanna g., Post. 656 C. 30; spelt gnístran, Matth. viii. 12, xiii. 42, 50, xxii. 13, xxiv. 51, xxv. 30, Luke xiii. 28.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
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