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264, , dimness; darkness, parallel form to , mingled with, — [grɩmli, grəmli],, = 1 and 2. grimmligr,, of a grim or stern appearance; grimly, , * and, ,

grims [grɩ‘ms],, dimness; darkness, twilight, de g. o’ de eenin’ [‘evening’], o’ de (twilight); b) early dawn, de g. o’ de mornin’.  Parallel form to, , dimness;
 * a) the close of the evening

grimst [grimst, grɩ‘mst],, 1) of a cow: having many black or white spots, on the forehead; a g. coo. 2) of the earth: sprinkled with snow in patches, during a thaw; snaw [‘snow’]-g. Parallel form to, ; For the form grimsig, , = grimig, grimmig, grimmet, .

grimster,, see ,

grind [grɩnd],, 1) a gate, wicket-gate, in a fence. Often found in place-names. 2) a frame consisting of four pieces of wood around which are wound the snells (toms, see, ) or a special angling-line, used in boat-fishing (for mackerel and coalfish), and to which the hooks are fixed. , , 3) a mark in a sheep’s ear, a) a mark consisting of two cuts with the sides running parallel, either in the top or in the one side of the ear; in the top: triangular incision in the top of the ear with the apex downwards. , 4) a shoal of whales, ‘caaɩngcaaing [sic]’ whales, a g. o’ . —  grind,, a frame (filled in with lattice-work), lattice door; wicket fence., and  grind, , wicker-work; wicket gate; in  also  a frame over which something is stretched,  a line- or snøregrind, a frame for a fishing-line to be wound on.  grind, , a shoal of ‘caaing’ whales (doubtless from the root-meaning, a frame, a filled frame); kvalgrind,, a row of whales.
 * in the side: ; b)

grind [grɩnd],, to shut the gate in a fence, to g. de gate. *grinda. From, 1.

grindel [grɩndəl],, in the : “to stand by g.”, of a goose (or duck): a) to be white, striped or spotted with grey; b) to be grey on the back and white on the flanks, belly and breast, as well as around the neck. See further ,

grindhwal [grɩnd··hwāl·],, a ‘caaing’ whale.  grindar-kvalur. See, 4.

grindlet [grɩndlət] and grindeld [grɩndəld],, of a goose or duck: a) grey-striped, white with grey stripes; b) white and spotted with grey; c) white with grey or dark back; a g. goose, a g. duke [‘duck’]. b; in other places more : . In sense c the word is noted down in . A form  [grɩ‘ntəld], besides, is found in  In also  [grɩŋglət]. — The primary sense of the word may be: striped with grey, and in that case, the word might be a contraction of an older * or -,  *grá-rendlóttr. grárendr, , grey-striped;  rendutt, , striped;  , , a stripe. The acceptance of a *rendlóttr is supported by a form such as  randla, , = randa, , to stripe.
 * , in senses a and

grins [gre‘nᶊ, grɩ‘ntᶊ] and grinsi [gre‘nᶊi, grɩ‘ntᶊi],, a small, lean and poor animal, a stunt, a puir [‘poor’] g. [gre‘nᶊ]. [grɩ‘ntᶊ].