Gröftr
Old Norse Dictionary - gröftr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gröftr" (or grǫftr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gröftr can mean:gröftr
- gröftr (grǫftr)
- (and gröptr less correctly), m., gen. graftar, dat. grefti, the mod. with radical r in gen. and dat. graftrar, greftri, but acc. gröft (never gröftr); the ancients use both forms, graftrar, Eb. 176, FmS. vii. 174, viii. 236, x. 175, xi. 17; greftri, vi. 401; grefti, viii. 236, ix. 4; greftar, n. G. L. i. 345, 347, 368: [A. S. gräft]:—a digging; fauska-g., Landn. 303: engraving, Stj. 45.
- gröftr (grǫftr)
- 2. burial, Hom. 97, K. Þ. K. 24, passim (vide above): a tomb, FmS. xi. 307.
- gröftr (grǫftr)
- COMPDS: graftardagr, graftarkirkja, graftarreitr, graftarstaðr, graftartíð.
- gröftr (grǫftr)
- II. medic. matter (of a sore); whence graftar-kyli, n. a running sore; graftar-nagli, a, m. the core in a boil.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, gröftr may be more accurately written as grǫftr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᚢᚠᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- l.
- line.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)