Grúi

Old Norse Dictionary - grúi

Meaning of Old Norse word "grúi"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

grúi
a, m. [grúa], a crowd, swarm, prob. akin to grúfa; metaph. from ants, insects, maggots, or the like: in compds, mann-grúi, a crowd of men.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
prob.
probably.

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