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Old English · noun

grafa

Normalised grāfa

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈɡrɑː.fɑ/
[ˈɡrɑː.vɑ]
Syllables
ˈɡrɑː · fɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
grovecopse

Meaning

  1. grove, copse

Declension

Declension of grafa
SingularPlural
Nominative grāfagrāfan
Accusative grāfangrāfan
Genitive grāfangrāfena
Dative grāfangrāfum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”), perhaps related to *grīpaną (“to grasp”) and Ancient Greek χρίμπτω (khrímptō, “scratch, graze, wound”).

Descendants

grove

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