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grafan

grafan

Icelandic

Noun

grafan

  1. definite nominative singular of grafa

Old English

Verb

grafan

  1. to dig, dig up
  2. to grave; engrave, chisel, carve

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grabaną ‎(“to dig, scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrebh- ‎(“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Old Frisian greva ‎(“to dig”), Old Saxon gravan ‎(“to dig”), Old High German graban ‎(“to dig”), Old Norse grafa ‎(“to dig”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 ‎(graban, “to dig”), Old English græf ‎(“cave, trench, grave”).

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