Greyfa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - greyfa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "greyfa" in Norwegian.

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

greyfa
greyfa, v. (fð) bøie en forover (á grúfu)m. Dat. Fm. VIII, 322 (&vl grýfði);greyfast, v. r. bøie sig forover: hóngreyfist þá niðr at Þorsteini ok ætlarat bíta sundr í honum barkann Flat.I, 259; jvf Fld. II, 25118; fig. greyfastniðr í jarðliga blíðu Thom. 3565.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᚽᛦᚠᛆ
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:

Dat.
Dativ.
fig.
figurlig, i figurlig betydning.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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