Gráða
Old Norse Dictionary - gráða
Meaning of Old Norse word "gráða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gráða
- u, f. [Lat. gradus], a step, Stj. passim, Fms. vi. 267, vii. 97, Skálda 209: in mod. usage esp. the steps round the altar in a church: metaph. degree, Stj. 8: mathem. a degree, Rb. 458, 460; í gráðu eru sextigi minuta, Hb. 732. 7.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)