gröf

See also: grof, groef, Grof, and gróf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Danish, Swedish and Norwegian grav, English grave, Dutch graf, German Grab.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /krœːv/
    Rhymes: -œːv

Noun

gröf f (genitive singular grafar, nominative plural grafir)

  1. grave
  2. trench

Declension
declension of gröf
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gröf gröfin grafir grafirnar
accusative gröf gröfina grafir grafirnar
dative gröf gröfinni gröfum gröfunum
genitive grafar grafarinnar grafa grafanna

Derived terms
  • grafalvarlegur
  • grafarmark
  • grafarþögn
  • grafhvelfing
  • grafhýsi
  • grafkyrr
  • grafletur
  • grafskrift
  • grafreitur
  • þögull sem gröfin (silent as the grave)
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