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1 GRAFA
* * *(gref; gróf, grófum; grafinn), v.1) to dig (grafa gröf);grafa torf, to dig peat;fig. to seek out the sense of (grafa vísu);2) to earth, bury (grafa lík);3) to carve, engrave (døkkr steinn í ok grafit á innsigli);4) to inlay;fagr á liti, sem þá er fílsbein er grafit í eik, as when ivory is set in oak;5) impers. to suppurate (lærit tók at grafa bæði uppi ok niðri);6) with preps.:grafa at e-u, eptir e-u, to inquire into, try to flnd out;also refl., grafast eptir e-u;grafa niðr, to dig down;svá kyrr sem hann væri grafinn niðr, as if he had been rooted in the ground;grafa til e-s, to dig for (grafa til vatns);grafa um e-t = grafa eptir e-u;gróf hann svá undir þeim, at, he sounded them so that;grafa e-t upp, to find out.* * *pret. gróf; pres. gref; part. grafinn, with neg. suffix gróf-at, Fas. i. 436 (in a verse): [Ulf. graban = σκάπτειν; A. S. grafan; North. E. to grave; Germ. graben; Swed. grafva; Dan. grave]:—to dig; grafa engi sitt, to drain one’s field, Grág. ii. 181; jörðin var grafin í hám fjallatindum, Edda 144; en er vatnit gróf tvá vega þá féllu bakkarnir, Ó. H. 18; grafa til vatns, id.; grafa út ósinn, Bs. i. 331; þá er þeir höfðu út grafit fitna (dug through it), Ó. H. 18; g. gröf, to dig a grave, 623. 28, Eg. 300; grafa niðr, to dig down, Grág. ii. 351; hann (the horse) var svá kyrr, sem hann væri grafinn niðr, as if he had been rooted in the ground, Hrafn. 7; g. torf, to dig peat, Njarð. 370, Rm. 12; g. upp, to dig up; þeir grófu upp líkamina, Nj. 86; g. upp bein, K. Þ. K. 40, N. G. L. i. 44; grafa alone, Fms. iv. 110: reflex, to bury (hide) oneself, hanu grófsk í brúkit, he hid himself in the seaweed, Njarð. 380; var grafinn lykill ( the key was hid) í dyra-gætti, Störnu-Odd. 20.2. to earth, bury (Old Engl. en-grave); vóru þá allir ríkis-menn í hauga lagðir en öll alþýða grafin í jörð, Ó. H. (pref.); var hann grafinn ( buried) hjá leiði Kols biskups, Bs. i. 64, passim; grafa lík, g. niðr, etc., Bjarn. 19, Eb. 338, K. Þ. K. passim.3. to carve, engrave; grafa innsigli, Mar., Sturl. ii. 222; krismu-ker grafit með tönn, Vm. 117; g. fílsbein í eik, Edda 151 (pref.); Margret gróf ok tönn til ágæta-vel, Bs. i. 143; grafa, steinsetja ok amalera, Fms. xi. 427.II. metaph. to enquire, dive deep into, Hom. 84: to unearth, find out the sense, kveða má svá, at vísan sé fegri þá grafin er, Grett. 94 A; nú festir maðr sér konu, ok grefsk upp skylda með þeim, and relationship is found out afterwards, N. G. L. i. 350; þá grófsk Þórir eptir (Th. enquired) en Úlfr segir at lyktum, Gullþ. 5; gróf hann vandlega eptir ( he made a close enquiry) þess manns atferð, Fms. viii. 15; gróf hann svá undir þeim (he sounded them so), at hann varð margra hluta víss, 16; hann gróf at vandlega, ok bað hana segja sér, Dropl. 4; g. um e-t, id., Hom. 43; en grafa eigi um þat er vér megum eigi skilja, Greg. 75: g. upp, to unearth, make out; gátu menn þá upp grafit, at …, Grett. 162; grafask upp, to come to the light, Orkn. (in a verse).III. medic. to suppurate; impers., lærit (acc.) tók at grafa bæði uppi ok niðri, … var lærit allt grafit upp at smá-þörmum, Grett. 153, 154.
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