Gríss

Old Norse Dictionary - gríss

Meaning of Old Norse word "gríss" in English.

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

gríss Old Norse word can mean:

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.

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