Grjúpan

Old Norse Dictionary - grjúpan

Meaning of Old Norse word "grjúpan" in English.

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

grjúpan: n. a sausage, Orkn. (in a verse), still in use in the east of Icel., [cp. grupa = to hatch or grind, Ivar Aasen.]

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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