GRÍSS

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

GRÍSS

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 GRÍSS

m., pl. ir, gen. ar, Odd. 28, [Swed.-Dan. gris; Scot. grice], a young pig; gyltar gríss, a sucking pig, Fs. 107; gyltr ok gríss, Gullþ. 60, Fs. Vd. ch. 44, Grág. i. 504, Jb. 287, Sd. 163: the saying, grísir gjalda þess er gömul svín valda, cp. quidquid delirant reges plectuntur Achivi, Stj. 63; gnyðja mundu grísir ef þeir vissi hvat hinn gamli þyldi (ef galtar böl vissi, v. l.), Fas. i. 282: of a young wild pig, Fb. ii. 25: grísa-gyltr, f. a sow with pigs, Vm. 85; grísar-höfuð, n. a pig’s head, Odd. 28.

2 GRÍSS

2. a pr. name, Landn.; cp. Grísar-tunga, name of a farm, 71.

3 GRÍSS

II. [as in Norse, vide Ivar Aasen], gener. a pig; er gamlir grísir (old swine) skyldi halda mér at höfuðbeinum, Grett. (in a verse); as also the Icel. grís-efldr, adj. strong as a grís (a hog?), i. e. prodigiously strong, of great muscular strength; this word however, which is freq. in mod. usage, is not recorded in old writers, but it occurs in Lex. Run.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
ch.
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
gener.
generally.
i. e.
id est.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
pr.
proper.
Scot.
Scottish.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Run.
Lexicon Runicum.
Odd.
Stjörnu-Odda draumr. (D. V.)
Sd.
Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Vd.
Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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