Greppr
Old Norse Dictionary - greppr
Meaning of Old Norse word "greppr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word greppr can mean:greppr
- greppr
- m. [perhaps akin to garpr], a poet; g. enn ungi, the young bard, Lex. Poët.; biðjandi hjartans grepp minn góðan, göra fyrir mig drápu-korn, Jón Þorl.; skáld heita greppar, ok rétt er í skáldskap at kenna svá hvern mann, Edda (Arna-Magn.) ii. 528. greppa-minni, n. a kind of metre, Edda (Ht.); a kind of memorial verses, the questions in the first half stanza, the responses in the second, Edda (Ht.) 40.
- greppr
- II. a strange creature, a monster; sér hann þá hvar gengr greppr mikill (of a giant), þykist hann þá kenna Dofra tröll, Fb. i. 565; þá sá þeir ekki lítinn grepp (of a ghost) suðr við garðinn, ok var þar Klaufi ok hafði höfuðit í hendi sér, Sd. 160.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᛒᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Arna-Magn.
- Arna-Magnacanus.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Jón Þorl.
- Jón Þorláksson.
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)