Tignargröftr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tignargröftr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tignargröftr" (or tignargrǫftr) in Norwegian.

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

tignargröftr (tignargrǫftr): tignargröftr, f. hædrende Begravelse; hvathöfum vér meiri virðingar, en veitistþínum helgasta líkama með tignargröftok þjónustu Post. 46840.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᚵᚿᛆᚱᚵᚱᚯᚠᛏᚱ
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:

f.: Feminin.