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cf. grims, sb., dimness; darkness, parallel form to grums, sb. Poss. mingled with grimet, adj. — grimmli [grɩmli, grəmli], adj., = grimm 1 and 2. O.N. grimmligr, adj., of a grim or stern appearance; Eng. grimly, adj. Cf. gromm, *grumm and grommli, grummli, adjs.

grims [grɩ‘ms], sb., dimness; darkness, esp.: a) the close of the evening twilight, de g. o’ de eenin’ [‘evening’], o’ de hømin (twilight); b) early dawn, de g. o’ de mornin’. St. Parallel form to grums, sb., dimness; q.v.

grimst [grimst, grɩ‘mst], adj., 1) of a cow: having many black or white spots, esp. on the forehead; a g. coo. 2) of the earth: sprinkled with snow in patches, esp. during a thaw; snaw [‘snow’]-g. St. Parallel form to grimet, adj.; q.v. For the form grimst cf. Sw. dial. grimsig, adj., = grimig, grimmig, grimmet, Shetl. grimet.

grimster, sb., see grefster, sb.

grind [grɩnd], sb., 1) a gate, wicket-gate, esp. in a fence. comm. Often found in place-names. 2) a frame consisting of four pieces of wood around which are wound the snells (toms, see tom, sb.) or a special angling-line, used in boat-fishing (for mackerel and coalfish), and to which the hooks are fixed. Fo., U^wg. Cf. støbadorro, sb. 3) a mark in a sheep’s ear, a) a mark consisting of two cuts with the sides running parallel, either in the top or in the one side of the ear; in the top: Nm.; in the side: De^w. (M.Roe); b) triangular incision in the top of the ear with the apex downwards (Lunn.). Cf. middel, sb. 4) a shoal of whales, ‘caaɩng’ whales, a g. o’ hwals. Uⁿ. — O.N. grind, f., a frame (filled in with lattice-work), lattice door; wicket fence. Icel., No. and Sw. grind, f., wicker-work; wicket gate; in No. also

a frame over which something is stretched, e.g. a line- or snøregrind, a frame for a fishing-line to be wound on. Fær. grind, f., a shoal of ‘caaing’ whales (doubtless from the root-meaning, a frame, a filled frame); No. kvalgrind, f., a row of whales.

grind [grɩnd], vb., to shut the gate in a fence, to g. de gate. De. *grinda. From grind, sb. 1.

grindel [grɩndəl], sb., in the expr.: “to stand by g.”, of a goose (or duck): a) to be white, striped or spotted with grey; b) to be grey on the back and white on the flanks, belly and breast, as well as around the neck. Conn. See further grindlet, adj.

grindhwal [grɩnd··hwāl·], sb., a ‘caaing’ whale. Uⁿ. Fær. grindar-kvalur. See grind, sb. 4.

grindlet [grɩndlət] and grindeld [grɩndəld], adj., of a goose or duck: a) grey-striped, white with grey stripes; b) white and spotted with grey; c) white with grey or dark back; a g. goose, a g. duke [‘duck’]. grindlet: Uⁿ., esp. in senses a and b; in other places more comm.: grindeld. In sense c the word is noted down in S.Sh. (Conn., Du.). A form grinteld [grɩ‘ntəld], besides grindeld, is found in Conn. In Uⁿ. also gringlet [grɩŋglət]. — The primary sense of the word may prob. be: striped with grey, and in that case, the word might be a contraction of an older *gro-rindlet or -rendlet, orig. *grá-rendlóttr. O.N. grárendr, adj., grey-striped; No. rendutt, adj., striped; Shetl. rind, sb., a stripe. The acceptance of a *rendlóttr is supported by a form such as No. randla, vb., = randa, vb., to stripe.

grins [gre‘nᶊ, grɩ‘ntᶊ] and grinsi [gre‘nᶊi, grɩ‘ntᶊi], sb., a small, lean and poor animal, a stunt, a puir [‘poor’] g. Y^h. [gre‘nᶊ]. U^{n. b}. [grɩ‘ntᶊ].