Grettir
Old Norse Dictionary - grettir
Meaning of Old Norse word "grettir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- grettir
- in., poët. a ‘frowner,’ dragon, Edda: pr. name, Landn., whence Grettis-færsla, u, f. name of a poem; Grettis-haf, n. Grettir’s lift, is in Icel. the popular name for giant boulders.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᛏᛏᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)