Gröfla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gröfla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gröfla" (or grǫfla) in Norwegian.

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

gröfla (grǫfla): gröfla, v. (að) = grufla 2, grafast (under grafa 9). Mar. 106115.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᚯᚠᛚᛆ
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:

v.: Verbum.