GRAND

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

n. a grain, Thom.; ekki grand, not a grain.

II. metaph. (prop. a mote?), a hurt, injury, Fms. iii. 80, viii. 112, xi. 228, 277, N. G. L. i. 74 (freq.)

2. in poetry freq. that which causes evil, ruin, Lex. Poët.

3. evil doing, guile, Symb. 19, Skv. 3. 5: granda-lauss, adj. guileless, Lex. Poët.

4. medic. mortification, Al. 120.

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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