Gráp

Old Norse Dictionary - gráp

Meaning of Old Norse word "gráp"

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

gráp
n. a storm, sleet; grund var grápi hrundin, Haustl. 15; Egils hryn-gráp, the hail of Egil, poët. arrows; Egil, brother of Völund, is the Tell of the northern mythology, vide Lex. poët.; in prose this word seems not to occur, whereas krap, n. sleet (q. v.), and krapi, a, m. id., are common words; cp, the mod. grape-shot.

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

Abbreviations used:

id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetically.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Haustl.
Haustlöng. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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