Grá-silfr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Grá-silfr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 grá-silfr

n. grey (bad) silver, brass; bera af e-m sem gull af grásilfri. Gkv. 2. 2; cp. the mod. phrase, sem gull af eiri,—the old language has no special word for brass, eir being derived from Latin.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚱᛅ-ᛋᛁᛚᚠᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Lat
Latin.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
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