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)

Related terms

• grafa
• grafari
• greftrun
• gröftur