Grið

Old Norse Dictionary - grið

Meaning of Old Norse word "grið" in English.

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

grið Old Norse word can mean:

grið: n. [a Scandin. word, found in the Saxon Chron. year 1011, and in the A. S. poem Byrnoth, but in both passages it is a Danish, not a Saxon word].

grið: A. Prop. a domicile, home, with the notion of service; segja mann af griði, to give one notice to leave, Grág. i. 146; fá e-m grið, to get one a situation, id.; ef maðr hefir sér eigi grið (if a man has no home, no livelihood), ok varðar þat útlegð, id.; koma til griðs, to come to (take up) service, 147; þiggja grið með e-m, to lodge with one, 160; taka grið með e-m, id., 149; vera í griði með e-m, to be in lodgings with one, n. G. L. i, 210; lög-grið, a lawful home, id.; búi sínu eðr griði, one’s household or abode, Grág. i. 163; fara ór griði, to leave service, ii. 144.

grið: COMPDS: griðfang, griðfangadagr, griðfastr, griðka, griðkona, griðlauss, griðmaðr, griðtaka, griðvist.

grið: B. In pL., metaph. a truce, peace, pardon; friðr is the general word, grið the special, deriving its name from being limited in time or space (asylum); rjúfa grið, spilla griðum, to break truce; setja grið, to make truce; halda grið, to keep truce; mæla fyrir griðum, to say the truce formula, etc., Grág. ii. 165 sqq.: the phrase, grið ok frið, fé-grið ok fjör-grið, truce for money and life, 168; segja í sundr griðum, to declare the truce to be at an end, SturL. iii. 317; lífs grið ok lima, safety for life and limbs, Eb. 310; biðja griða, to sue for quarter (in battle), Nj. 45; beiða griða Baldri fyrir allskonar háska, Edda 36; gefa e-m grið, to give one quarter (after a battle), Nj. 265; ganga til griða, to sue for (take) pardon, FmS. vii. 245; þeir beiddu griða (truce) einn dag til heimreiðar, Eg. 279; kom hann þá griðum á ok því næst sættum, FmS. i. 81: a sanctuary, asylum, þeim er á grið kirkjunnar flýr, K. Á. 34.

grið: COMPDS: griðabeiðandi, griðabrek, griðagjöf, griðalauss, griðamark, griðamál, griðarof, griðasala, griðasetning, griðastaðr, griðastund, griðatíð, griðbítr, griðníðingr, griðsamr, griðspelL.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

Scandin.: Scandinavia, Scandinavian.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

L.: Linnæus.

etc.: et cetera.

l.: line.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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