gletta

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

IPA^(key): /ˈklɛhta/
Rhymes: -ɛhta

Noun

gletta f (genitive singular glettu, nominative plural glettur)

prank

Declension

declension of gletta

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	gletta	glettan	glettur	gletturnar
accusative	glettu	glettuna	glettur	gletturnar
dative	glettu	glettunni	glettum	glettunum
genitive	glettu	glettunnar	glettna	glettnanna

Synonyms

(prank): hrekkur, grikkur, prakkarastrik, bellibragð

References

^ 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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