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 (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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• grafa
• grafari
• greftrun
• gröftur