Gnäggia

Old Swedish Dictionary - gnäggia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gnäggia" (or gnæggia) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

gnäggia (gnæggia)
gnägga. " han wrenade oc gnädgade som en häst" Troj 160.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so gnäggia may have also been written as gnæggia

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚿᛅᚵᚵᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

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Works and authors cited:

Troj
Historia Trojana. Från latinet öfversatt till svenska år 1529. Utg. af R. Geete. 1892. SFSS.
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