grúfa
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse grúfa (“to grovel”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgrúfa f (genitive singular grúfu, no plural)
- used in set phrases
Derived terms
edit- liggja á grúfu (“to lie face-down”)
Verb
editgrúfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grúfði, supine grúft or grúfað)
- to grovel
Derived terms
edit- grúfa sig niður (“to crouch down”)
Old Norse
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
editgrúfa f
- used in set phrases
Derived terms
edit- liggja á grúfu (“to lie face down, on one's belly”)
Verb
editgrúfa
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: grúfa