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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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greód, a crowd (Arg.); from Eng. crowd.
greòs, expansion of the thighs, greòsgach, grinning (H.S.D.): *grencs-; Norse gringr, round, Ger. kring.
greusaich, griasaich, shoemaker, any worker in embroidery or gurniture, Ir. gréasaidhe, shoemaker: *greid-to-; Gadelic greid, dress, broider, I. E. ꬶhrei, rub; Gr. χροιά, χρῶμα, hide, skin, colour, χρίω, anoint (Christus).
grian, sun, Ir., O. Ir. grían: *greinâ, ꬶhr-einâ, root ꬶher, warm, as in gar. Cf. Skr. ghṛṇis, sunshine, ghramsa, heat; W. greian, what gives heat, sun. See further under grìos. Hence grianan, sunny place, summer house, solarium of Lat., from sol, sun.
griasaich, a species of aculeated fish: "cobbler" fish; from griasaich, shoemaker.
grìd, substance, quality; from Sc. grit, grain of stones, grit, grain, Eng. grit. Hence grìdeil, industrious (M'A.).
grigirean, the constellation of Charles' wain, grigleachan, a constellation; see grioglachan.
grìleag, a grain of salt, any small matter: *gris-il-, root greis, gravel, as in grinneal.
grìmeach, grim, surly; from Eng. grim, Norse grimmr.
grìmeil, warlike (H.S.D.), Ir. grimeamhuil (Lh., O'B.), grim, war; from the Norse grimmr, fierce, wroth?
grinn, pretty, Ir. grinn, E. Ir. grind: *gṛnni-, "bright"; root ꬶher, as in grian, grìos. Cf. glinn.
grinneal, bottom of the sea, gravel, Ir. grinnioll, channel, bed of a river, sand of the sea, sea bottom, M. Ir. grinnell: *gris-ni-, root, greis, gris, gravel, E. Ir. grían, gravel (*greisano-), W. graian, gravel, greienyn a grain of gravel. Rhys (Hib.Lect., 571) refers these words to the root of grian, sun, the particle of gravel being supposed to be "a shining thing". This view is supported by grioglachan and griogag, q.v.
griob, nibble (Heb.); from Sc. gnip, gnaw, eat, Eng. nip, nibble.
griobh, a pimple (M'A.):
griobhag, hurry:
grìoch, a decaying or lean young deer, grìochan, consumption (Dial., H.S.D.):
griogag, grìogag (Glen-Urquhart), a pebble, bead: *grizgu-, root gris, greis, gravel, as in grinneal.
grioglachan, Pleiades, grigleachan, a constellation, Ir. griogchán, constellation. For root, see griogag.
griomacach, thin-haired, griomagach, shrivelled grass (H.S.D.):
grioman, a certain species of lichen, malt bud (H.S.D.):
grìos, entreat, pray, Ir. gríosaim, encourage, incite, rake up a fire; from earlier gríos, heat, which see in grìosach.
