Hel-gráðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hel-gráðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hel-gráðr

m. voracity betokening death (in the case of one who is fey), Fas. i. 372 (in a paraphrase from a poem); cp. hel-hungr, Ivar Aasen.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᛚ-ᚴᚱᛅᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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