gletta

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gletta f (genitive singular glettu, nominative plural glettur)

  1. prank
    Synonyms: hrekkur, grikkur, prakkarastrik, bellibragð

Declension

Declension of gletta (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gletta glettan glettur gletturnar
accusative glettu glettuna glettur gletturnar
dative glettu glettunni glettum glettunum
genitive glettu glettunnar glettna glettnanna

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1221”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221
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