Grána

Old Norse Dictionary - grána

Meaning of Old Norse word "grána" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

grána
að, to become grey, metaph. to be coarse and spiteful; tekr at grána gamanit, the play began to be coarse, Sturl. i. 21, (græðna, v. l.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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