Grön

Old Norse Dictionary - grön

Meaning of Old Norse word "grön" (or grǫn) in English.

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

grön Old Norse word can mean:

grön (grǫn)
1. f., gen. granar, [mid. H. G. gran], the moustache; skegg heitir barð, grön eðr kanpar, Edda 109; líttú á ljúfan, legg þú munn við grön, Gkv. 1. 13; hann var ungligr maðr svá at honum var ekki grön sprottin, Ld. 272; láttu grön sía, sonr, sip, sift it through the beard, my son, Edda 148: in the phrase, e-m bregðr vá fyrir grön, a danger passes one’s beard, i. e. one is startled, alarmed, FmS. viii. 350, 417, Grett. 165 new Ed.; ek læt ýring skýra um grön, I sift the drink through my beard, Eg. (in a verse); ef maðr höggr nef af manni, … en ef svá er at grön fylgir, n. G. L. i. 171; kápu þeirri er gör var af grön jöfra, the cap which was made of kings’ beards, FaS. i. 284, cp. the tale in Tristr. S.; komað vín á grön mína, wine never wetted my beard, Þorf. KarlS. 418: it is used in plur. denoting the beard of the upper and lower lips: in the saying, nú er eg svo gamall sem á grönum má sjá, in the nursery tale of the changeling, answering to the Germ. ‘nun bin ich so alt wie der Westerwald,’ see Grimm’s Märchen: the phrase, bregða grönum, to draw back the lips, grin, so as to shew the teeth, Nj. 199; cp. granbragð; fíla (or fýla) grön, to pout with the lips.
grön (grǫn)
2. esp. in plur. the lips of a cow or bull; Egill hljóp þar til er blótneytið stóð, greip annarri hendi í granarnar en annarri í hornið, Eg. 508; Europa klappar um granar hans (of Jove in the shape of a bull), Bret. 12. grana-hár, n. the whiskers of cats and other beasts, Edda 73 (of an otter); in this sense still in use: of a beak, benmás granar, HöfuðL.
grön (grǫn)
2. f., gen. granar, [Dan.-Swed. gran; Ivar Aasen gron], a pine-tree; hæri en grön er vex á hæsta fjalli, Hom. 152.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, grön may be more accurately written as grǫn.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
i. e.
id est.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mid. H. G.
middle High German.
n.
neuter.
plur.
plural.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
esp.
especially.
l.
line.
Dan.
Danish.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Tristr.
Tristrams Saga. (G. II.)
Bret.
Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Höfuðl.
Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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