gröftur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫftr, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz. Cognate with the Old English græft.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrœftʏr/
Rhymes: -œftʏr

Noun

gröftur m (genitive singular (common) graftar or (rare, sometimes proscribed) graftrar, nominative plural (sometimes proscribed) greftir)

the act of digging
the act of engraving
pus
burial, interment
remains dug up from a grave

Declension

Declension of *gröftur* (masculine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gröftur	gröfturinn	greftir¹	greftirnir¹
accusative	gröft	gröftinn	grefti¹	greftina¹
dative	greftri^1,2, grefti³	greftrinum^1,2, greftinum³	gröftum¹	gröftunum¹
genitive	graftar², graftrar^1,3	graftarins², graftrarins^1,3	grafta^1,2, graftra^1,3	graftanna^1,2, graftranna^1,3

¹Sometimes proscribed.
²Common.
³Rare.

Derived terms

graftarkýli
grefta
greftra

Related terms

gröf

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “gröftur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
“gröftur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Málfarsbankinn [Idiom bank]‎^[1] (in Icelandic), (Can we date this quote?): “Gröftur: þgf. grefti, ef. graftar. Í þágufalli væri síðri kostur „greftri“ og í eignarfalli „graftrar“. ― Gröftur: dat. grefti, ef. graftar. In the dative the worse choice would be „greftri“ and in the genitive „graftrar“.”