Gras

Old Norse Dictionary - gras

Meaning of Old Norse word "gras" in English.

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

gras Old Norse word can mean:

gras
n. [Ulf. gras = χόρτος, λάχανον; A. S. græs and gærs; Engl. grass; Germ. gras; Swed. and Dan. gras]:—grass, herbage, opp. to wood, trees, Vsp. 3, Fm. 25, Hm. 20; hrísi ok grasi, 120; grös ok viðu, Rb. 78; fölr sem gras, Nj. 177; góðir landa-kostir at grösum ok skógum, FS. 26; svá er sagt, at á Grænlandi eru grös góð, good pastures, SkS. 44 new Ed.; reyta gras, to pick grass, Nj. 118; þar var náliga til grass at ganga (better görs), Ld. 96; bíta gras, to graze, Grág. ii. 299; gras grær, grass grows, Edda 145 (pref.); tak af reiðinginn ok fær hestinn á gras, Sturl. iii. 114; þú ætlaðir mik þat lítilmenni at ek munda hirða hvar hestar þínir bitu gras, FS. 57; þar þótti Grelöðu hunangs-ilmr ór grasi, Landn. 140: vegetation, in such phrases as, þar sem mætist gras ok fjara, grass and beach, Dipl. iii. 11: the grassy earth, opp. to a wilderness or the sea, þat var í ofanverðum grösum, high up, near the wilderness, Dropl. 33; allt austr undir jökla sem grös eru vaxin, Landn. 65:—phrases, hníga í gras, to bite the dust, Ísl. ii. 366; mun ek hafa mann fyrir mik áðr ek hníga at grasi, Njarð. 378; lúta í gras, id., Fbr. 90 new Ed.; heyra gras gróa, to hear the grass grow (of the god Heimdal), cp. Edda 17: sugared language is said to make the grass grow, við hvert orð þótti grös gróa, Clar.; þau vóru orðin, at gróa þóttu grösin við, Mirm.: ganga eptir e-m með grasið í skónum, to go after one with grass in one’s shoes, i. e. to beg hard, intercede meekly with one who is cross and angry.
gras
2. a herb, a kind of grass; ek hefi þat eitt gras, etc., FmS. ix. 282; af grasi því er vér köllum hvann-njóla, x. 336: esp. in plur. herbs with healing powers, þau grös sem mandragore heita, Stj. 175; afl dauðfærandi grasa, Johann. 26; með góðum grösum, BlaS. 43; ilmuð grös, sweet herbs, Bb. 2. 20; tína grös, to clean grass, pick the moss clean:—botan. in plur., Iceland moss, Jb. 310; and in composition, brönu-grös, mandrake; esp. of lichens, fjalla-grös, fell lichen, Lichen Islandicus; fjöru-grös, seaweeds, sea-wrack; Gvendar-grös, id.; Mariu-grös, lichen nivalis; Munda-grös, lichen coacervatus edilis; trölla-grös, lichen albus.
gras
COMPDS: grasafjall, grasafólk, grasagrautr, grasaleit, grasamjólk, grasapoki.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
opp.
opposed.
pl.
plural.
pref.
preface.
S.
Saga.
Swed.
Swedish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
botan.
botanically.
esp.
especially.
etc.
et cetera.
plur.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Clar.
Clarus Saga. (G. II.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fm.
Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Mirm.
Mirmants Saga. (G. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Njarð.
Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
Bb.
Búnaðar-bálkr.
Blas.
Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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