glefsa i seg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • glefse i seg (e infinitive)
  • glæfs i sæ (Trøndelag dialect)
  • glefse ti seg, glefsa ti seg (non-standard spelling, mostly Eastern dialects)

Etymology

From glefsa.

Verb

glefsa i seg (present glefsar i seg or glefser i seg, present second person glefsar i deg or glefser i deg, past glefsa i seg, past second person glefsa i deg)

  1. to guzzle, to gobble (often about dogs or children)
    Kva har du glefsa i deg no då?
    What have you gobbled this time?
    Et roleg, må ikkje glefsa i dokker heile plata!
    Eat slowly, ya’ll must not gobble the whole plate!
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