Undirgrefill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - undirgrefill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "undirgrefill" in Norwegian.

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

undirgrefill: undirgrefill, m. Undergraver, som borttagerhvad der ligger under noget (lat. sup-plantator); hann hélt um síns brœðr ilok rist svá sem viljandi draga sínnbróður aptr ok hindra hann af fram-burðinum, var hans nafn fyrir þannskyld kallat Jacob svá sem undirgrefillStj. 16012; Jacobus þýðist undirgrefilleða rótsetjari, ok hefir hann af því þatnafn, at í kenningum sínum gróf hannsyndir ok annmarka ór brjósti mannaok hjörtum Post. 7385; Homil. 1722.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᚿᚦᛁᚱᚵᚱᚽᚠᛁᛚᛚ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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