Gröftr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gröftr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gröftr" (or grǫftr) in Norwegian.

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

gröftr (grǫftr)
gröftr, m. (G. graftrar) = gröptr 2;hrapa greftri manns GráG. II, 812; mælayfir greftri e-s Flat. I, 6211; veita e-mgröftr Flat. I, 625. II, 51137.

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, gröftr may be more accurately written as grǫftr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᚯᚠᛏᚱ
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:

G.
Genitiv.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.

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