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).

Pronunciation

Noun

gletta f (genitive singular glettu, nominative plural glettur)

  1. prank

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References

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