Gras-lægr

Old Norse Dictionary - gras-lægr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gras-lægr" in English.

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

gras-lægr
adj. lying in the grass, touching the grass, Hkr. i. 293, (of a ship’s keel); a scythe is called graslægr, if it cuts too close.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
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