I was wondering if anyone knows the word for badger (the animal, not
the verb). I am thinking that it would be close to the modern
word "Grevling" in Norweign. The closest that I found in Zoëga was
gröf but that refers more to ditches and graves. Thinking of the modern
term, I am thinking that the animal is called a 'little digger'. Has
anyone come across the word? We're wanting to use it as a nickname for
one of my friends daughters because she likes badgers and is so very
tenatious.