Grey
Old Norse Dictionary - grey
Meaning of Old Norse word "grey"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- grey
- n., pl. greyja, a greyhound; greyjum sinum gullbönd sneri, Þkv. 6, Hm. 100 (of a lap dog); grey (a bitch) þykki mér Freyja, Jb. ch. 10: metaph. a paltry jellow, coward; grey þitt, Gísl. 68; grey eðr bleyðimaðr, Fagrsk.; grey eðr ættar-skömm, Mirm.; greyja atgangr, a dog-fight, Fms. viii. 308.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Mirm.
- Mirmants Saga. (G. II.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)