Grafarvörðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - grafarvörðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "grafarvörðr" (or grafarvǫrðr) in Norwegian.

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

grafarvörðr (grafarvǫrðr)
grafarvörðr, m. Person som holder Vagtved, over en Grav. Heilag. I, 52919.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, grafarvörðr may be more accurately written as grafarvǫrðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᛆᚠᛆᚱᚠᚯᚱᚦᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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