Gröftr

Old Norse Dictionary - gröftr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gröftr" (or grǫftr) in English.

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

gröftr Old Norse word can mean:

gröftr (grǫftr): (and gröptr less correctly), m., gen. graftar, dat. grefti, the mod. with radical r in gen. and dat. graftrar, greftri, but acc. gröft (never gröftr); the ancients use both forms, graftrar, Eb. 176, FmS. vii. 174, viii. 236, x. 175, xi. 17; greftri, vi. 401; grefti, viii. 236, ix. 4; greftar, n. G. L. i. 345, 347, 368: [A. S. gräft]:—a digging; fauska-g., Landn. 303: engraving, Stj. 45.

gröftr (grǫftr): 2. burial, Hom. 97, K. Þ. K. 24, passim (vide above): a tomb, FmS. xi. 307.

gröftr (grǫftr): COMPDS: graftardagr, graftarkirkja, graftarreitr, graftarstaðr, graftartíð.

gröftr (grǫftr): II. medic. matter (of a sore); whence graftar-kyli, n. a running sore; graftar-nagli, a, m. the core in a boil.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, gröftr may be more accurately written as grǫftr.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

dat.: dative.

gen.: genitive.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

l.: line.

medic.: medicine, medically.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

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