Grábeinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - grábeinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "grábeinn" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

grábeinn
grábeinn, m. Ulv, Graaben (som i detnorske og svenske Folkesprog), = grá-dýri; som Øgenavn i Þórir grábeinnDN. I, 19910. Jvf. den franske Benæv-nelse pied-gris (le loup (s'appelle) Pied-gris ou Pied-doré Victor Hugo NotreDame de Paris livre 9me, chapt. 3),den tyske grausteel (lupum rustici nonappellativo nomine den Wolf, sed dasUnthier, den Grausteel indigitant, me-tuentes, ne op appellationem istammajora lupus domesticis animalibusdamna inferat J. Chr. Frommann trac-tatus de fascinatione &c. Norimb.1675 efter Birlingers Alemannia IX,9239; om hvilken Overtro se J. GrimmReinhart Fuchs LIV24; jvf StrømBeskrivelse over Søndmør I, 536).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᛆᛒᚽᛁᚿᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

c.
Capitel.
f.
Feminin.
m.
Masculin.

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