grafa

Icelandic

/ˈkraːva/

verb-strong
Definitions
  • to dig
  • to bury
  • to engrave
  • to enquire
  • (impersonal) to suppurate, fester

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse grafa (dig, bury) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (dig, trench, scrape) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (scratch, scrape, dig).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰrābʰ-

Gloss

scratch, scrape, dig

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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