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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== graftarkýli grefta greftra ==== Related terms ==== gröf ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “gröftur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “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“.”