grúfa
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse grúfa (“to grovel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
grúfa f (genitive singular grúfu, no plural)
- used in set phrases
Derived terms[edit]
- liggja á grúfu (“to lie face-down”)
Verb[edit]
grúfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grúfði, supine grúft or grúfað)
- to grovel
Derived terms[edit]
- grúfa sig niður (“to crouch down”)
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
grúfa f
- used in set phrases
Derived terms[edit]
- liggja á grúfu (“to lie face down, on one's belly”)
Verb[edit]
grúfa
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: grúfa