Gnirran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gnirran

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 gnirran

to snarl, gnash or chatter (with the teeth):--Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29. Hlihhan oððe gnyrende gesihð unrótnyssa getácnað ridere aut stridentes uiderit tristitiam significat, Lch. iii. 210, 12. [N. E. D. gnar.] gnirran

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚾᛁᚱᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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