greifi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse greifi, a borrowing of Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkreiːvɪ/

  Rhymes: -eiːvɪ

Noun

greifi m (genitive singular greifa, nominative plural greifar)

1. a count, an earl

   Drakúla greifi.

   Count Dracula.

Declension

Declension of greifi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	greifi	greifinn	greifar	greifarnir
accusative	greifa	greifann	greifa	greifana
dative	greifa	greifanum	greifum	greifunum
genitive	greifa	greifans	greifa	greifanna

See also

• jarl