Grafa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - grafa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "grafa" in English.

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

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.
e-u
einhverju.
e-s
einhvers.
e-t
eitthvat.

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