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Rh grim and grimm,, the dashing of the sea against the rocks, heavy surf. $2$,

grim$1$ [grinɩgrim [sic]],, to besmear with dirt, to dirty one’s face, to g. ane’s (aneseH’s)face. [gri̇̄md], , used adjectivally, dirtied (in the face), partly = , grima,, to place a halter on a horse, also inter alia, to make dirty stripes on something, grima seg ut, to begrime or dirty one’s face.

grim$2$,, see $1$,

grima$1$ [gri̇̄ma] and grimi [gri̇̄mi], , a sprinkling of snow on the earth, with bare patches here and there, snaw-, a snawie [‘snowy’]. (grima, grimi). (grima). gríma,, a face-guard, —  the same word as the two following. griming (of snow).

Grima$2$ [gri̇̄ma],, the name for a striped cow, a white cow with black stripes (or spots) on the forehead, = Gríma. See further ,

grimek [gri̇̄mək, grɩmək],, a halter, rope, serving as bridle for a horse (a rope with a loop round the jaws). In the same sense also grima,  gríma,, a face-guard. In  [grɩmək] and [grɩmət] are found in sense of grummet, a grummet at the end of a chest, by mingling with the word. — From is reported a parallel form [grømək] in sense of a halter for a horse or calf.

grimet [gri̇̄mət (grimət, grɩmət)], , 1) dirty in the face ( having black or dirty streaks); a g. face, a dirty face. 2) commonly of a white cow, a cow the head of which has a white ground-colour: black-striped or black-spotted on the forehead; a g. coo. In reported in sense of: white- or black-spotted on the forehead. From the same place is reported a form [grømot] in the sense of black with white and black specks on the forehead; a g. coo. 3) of the earth: covered with a very thin layer of snow, with bare patches here and there, when a thaw has set in; de eart’ is g. (wi’ snaw)., — 4) of the sky: covered with small clouds with peeps of blue sky in between; de sky is a’ [‘all’] g. . — gri̇̄mət (grimət): grɩmət:  — *grímóttr. grímutur, grimutt, grimmet (grimig, grimmig), , dirty or having dark stripes in the face, also of cows: having dark stripes on the forehead (in and ), having white stripes on the forehead with darker ground-colour (: Ri.). — See and ,

grimm [grɩm],, a piece, morsel? only noted down of bait in the phrase: der wer no [‘not’] a g. left f(r)ae lug to lug, there was no bait left on the fishing-line (the fish had swallowed the bait off the hooks). to be referred to krymma,, a hand, = krumma, and kremma,, a handful, as initial k (kr) changes to g (gr) in Norn.

grimm [grɩm, grəm],, 1) grim; fierce; of a harsh, frowning appearance; also of weather: storm-threatening, a g.-lookin’ or g.-like mornin’. 2) ugly; repulsive. 3) fatal; hopeless; der’r a g. look , it does not look wellfor him, there is only a slender hope of rescue now ( for a boat in distress, or a person seriously ill). 4) of cattle: having discoloured, greyish forehead, = -faced. — grinɩmrgrimmr [sic], , a) grim; evil-minded; b) stern; severe; cruel. grimm 4 might spring from the root-meaning dark;