glotta

See also: gløtta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”), from Proto-Germanic *glutōną (“to stare”).

Verb

glotta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative glotti, supine glott)

1. to grin mockingly; to sneer

Conjugation

glotta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að glotta
supine sagnbót		glott
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		glottandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	glotti	glotti		glotti	glotti
	þú	glottir	glottir		glottir	glottir
	hann, hún, það	glottir	glotti		glotti	glotti
plural	við	glottum	glottum		glottum	glottum
	þið	glottið	glottuð		glottið	glottuð
	þeir, þær, þau	glotta	glottu		glotti	glottu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	glott (þú), glottu
plural	þið	glottið (þið), glottiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Further reading

• “glotta” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)