Graf-vitnir

Old Norse Dictionary - graf-vitnir

Meaning of Old Norse word "graf-vitnir"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

graf-vitnir
m., poët. a serpent, Lex. poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᚠ-ᚢᛁᛏᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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