Undergrave

Old Danish Dictionary - undergrave

Meaning of Old Danish word "Undergrave", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Undergrave can mean:

  • go. (fsv undirgrava) i nuv. bet. ; som vndærgroff hans altere. ÆB Dom 621; Etym 1084 (u. subruo); Steph II. 1323. — u, sig 0: grave sig ind under; der lure-Mikkel-ræv sig veed at undergrave. Wielandt III.167. Jf grave. — Undergraver(e), n0. minegraver, minør; cunicularii, vndergraffuer, som kaster hemmeliggang vnder jorden. MP 94; Steph I. 268b (ovf. III. 96b).

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᚿᚦᚽᚱᚵᚱᛆᚠᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

et.
enkelttal (singularis).
go.
gærningsord (verbum).
n.
norsk.
t.
tysk.

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