Hel-gráðr

Old Norse Dictionary - hel-gráðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hel-gráðr" in English.

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

hel-gráðr
m. voracity betokening death (in the case of one who is fey), Fas. i. 372 (in a paraphrase from a poem); cp. hel-hungr, Ivar Aasen.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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