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!