Gnit
Old Norse Dictionary - gnitMeaning of Old Norse word "gnit" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gnit
- f., mod. nitr, f. pl. [Dan. gnid; Ivar Aasen gnit], a nit, Lat. lens.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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