Hel-gráðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hel-gráðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hel-gráðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hel-gráðr
- m. voracity betokening death (in the case of one who is fey), Fas. i. 372 (in a paraphrase from a poem); cp. hel-hungr, Ivar Aasen.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚ-ᚴᚱᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.