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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