Gríss
Old Norse Dictionary - gríss
Meaning of Old Norse word "gríss"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gríss can mean:gríss
- 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.
- gríss
- 2. a pr. name, Landn.; cp. Grísar-tunga, name of a farm, 71.
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gener.
- generally.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- 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.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Lex. Run.
- Lexicon Runicum.