Undirgröptr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - undirgröptr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "undirgröptr" (or undirgrǫptr) in Norwegian.

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

undirgröptr (undirgrǫptr): undirgröptr, m. Undergravning, Underfun-dighed, hvorved man søger at rokke ensStilling, gjøre ham Skade; lat. sup-plantatio; lagði á hann úblíðu fyrir af-flutning eða undirgröpt íllgjarnra mannaBp. I, 7147; veita e-m svikræði ok undir-gröpt Heilag. I, 6531; ferr ok Antipatrór landi til Romam at vilja feðr sínsmeð ráðum ok undirgrepti með hann,en hann skipaði sínum mönnum at látakoma eitr í drykk Herodis Gyð. 8217.

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, undirgröptr may be more accurately written as undirgrǫptr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᚿᚦᛁᚱᚵᚱᚯᛕᛏᚱ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

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