Grettur
Old Norse Dictionary - grettur
Meaning of Old Norse word "grettur"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- grettur
- f. pl. wry faces: metaph., búa-grettnr, quarrels among neighbours (cp. mod. búa kritr), 655 xxi. 3; vina-grettur, quarrels among friends, Frump.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᛏᛏᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Frump.
- Frumpartar.