GRÁP

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

GRÁP

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 GRÁP

n. a storm, sleet; grund var grápi hrundin, Haustl. 15; Egils hryn-gráp, the hail of Egil, poët. arrows; Egil, brother of Völund, is the Tell of the northern mythology, vide Lex. Poët.; in prose this word seems not to occur, whereas krap, n. sleet (q. v.), and krapi, a, m. id., are common words; cp, the mod. grape-shot.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚱᛅᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
mythol: mythology, mythological.
n.: neuter.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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