Grettur

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Grettur

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 grettur

f. pl. wry faces: metaph., búa-grettnr, quarrels among neighbours (cp. mod. búa kritr), 655 xxi. 3; vina-grettur, quarrels among friends, Frump.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚱᛁᛏᛏᚢᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
Fr
French in etymologies.
l.
Linnæus.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors

Frump.
Frumpartar.
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