Gröftr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - gröftrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "gröftr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
gröftr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- gröftr
- (gen. graftar and graftrar, dat. grefti and greftri), m.
- gröftr
- 1) digging (vera at grefti);
- gröftr
- 2) burial, interment; veita e-m gröft, to bury;
- gröftr
- 3) tomb;
- gröftr
- 4) carving.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᚢᚠᛏᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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