Grynna
Old Norse Dictionary - grynna
Meaning of Old Norse word "grynna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- grynna
- t, [grunnr], impers. to become shallow; grynnir dalinn (acc.), the dale became shallow, less deep, in advancing higher up in a dale, Bárð. 173: reflex., id., Bs. i. 355; þá er grynntisk yfir at landinu, Fms. viii. 170: metaph., kostr okkarr grynnisk, Bs. ii. 133: in mod. usage freq. act. and absol., það grynnir, fer að grynna.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᚢᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- acc.
- accusative.
- act.
- active.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- impers.
- impersonal.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- pers.
- person.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)