Grafa

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

grafa Old Icelandic word can mean:

grafa

(gref; gróf, grófum; grafinn), v.

grafa

1) to dig (~ gröf);

grafa

~ torf, to dig peat;

grafa

fig. to seek out the sense of (~ vísu);

grafa

2) to earth, bury (~ lík);

grafa

3) to carve, engrave (døkkr steinn í ok grafit á innsigli);

grafa

4) to inlay;

grafa

fagr á liti, sem þá er fílsbein er grafit í eik, as when ivory is set in oak;

grafa

5) impers. to suppurate (lærit tók at ~ bæði uppi ok niðri);

grafa

6) with preps.:

grafa

~ at e-u, eptir e-u, to inquire into, try to flnd out;

grafa

also refl., ~st eptir e-u;

grafa

~ niðr, to dig down;

grafa

svá kyrr sem hann væri grafinn niðr, as if he had been rooted in the ground;

grafa

~ til e-s, to dig for (~ til vatns);

grafa

~ um e-t = ~ eptir e-u;

grafa

gróf hann svá undir þeim, at, he sounded them so that;

grafa

~ e-t upp, to find out.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᚠᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary