Grýfi-liga

Old Norse Dictionary - grýfi-liga

Meaning of Old Norse word "grýfi-liga" in English.

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

grýfi-liga
adv. [grúfa; Germ. gräulich; Dan. gruelig; Swed. grulig; Ivar Aasen gruvaleg]:—prop. ‘grovellingly,’ metaph. shockingly, Fb. ii. 26.

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

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
Dan.
Danish.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
prop.
proper, properly.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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