gröf

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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

Noun

gröf f (genitive singular grafar, nominative plural grafir)

  1. grave
  2. trench

Declension

Declension of gröf (feminine)
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

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