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268 in Low’s list of words, * ( ?) as a name for cod, and (by contraction) *. — grunnungr,, a cod.

groitek,, see , ,

groiti,, see $1$,

grokoll [grō‘kɔᶅ·],, sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for mouse. Also with the first part of the anglicised: grey- [kɔᶅ],  grey-head, *grár kollr or *grákollr; grár, , grey, and kollr,, the head.

grola [grȯla],, steady, gentle wind, steady wind in one place (in the heights) accompanied by calm in a neighbouring place (on the hillside, in the dale); he’s (it is) only a g.  græla,, steady (gentle) wind on the sea.

grolmolet,, dirty-faced; peevish, see further under ,

grolta [grȯ‘ᶅta],, a pig, swine, as a pet name or nickname; der’r [‘there is’] a wi’ g., the pig squeals loudly; g. is, the pig squeals. More uncertain is a form  [gro‘lta] in the reported “to geng like a g.”. grylta,, to grunt (R.), grollta (grullta, gryllta),, to grunt gently; to squeal, applied to pigs.

groltakrabb,, see.

grom$1$ [grōm, grō$ə$m],, 1) to grasp, to grip with the whole hand; also to handle. 2) to snatch with the mouth; to gnaw through with the jaws, of fish gnawing through the snell on a fishing-line ; de turbot [‘halibut’] aff de wi’ his  — see , 3) to rake in something with the hands; to root in dirt; to carry out filthy work ; to lie i’ de dirt.  — Either from a)  græma,, to grasp; grip ( gramma,, ); b) kráma, , to grasp; grip; rake ( krema,, to grip with outstretched arms; to grasp; krama, , to fumble). — See $n$,
 * grám (*gram) or *krám (*kram)-;

grom$1$ [grōm, grō$2$m],, to double up; to shrink, of a new rope, of stiff shoe-laces; to g. like a new [‘rope’], first (newly) bent. krauma and krøyma (seg), , to move sinuously; to double up; to shrink.

groma [groma, grȯma],, 1) light mist, mist with rifts through which the blue sky is seen; a misty g.  2) thin patches of snow on the ground (during a thaw); also pieces of ground covered with snow in patches; a snaw [‘snow’]-g., a snawie [‘snowy’] g.  , , 3) gossamer (waving motion in the atmosphere near the ground, motion in a cobweb), de summer-g. [groma, grȯma]; [grȯma]. — The word can in all probability be derived from  gróm,, something unclean or not clear;  gróm, , mud; dirt, and “grómutur”, , = grímutur, having dirty stripes (spots) on the face, grimy, further , , , with  2, as well as , , a cow (striped in the face). Besides “grȯma”, in sense 3 (gossamer), a form of  “grəma” is found in  Owing to the short main vowel-sound in  “groma, grȯma, grəma”, the word is  not to be directly derived from  gróm; note parallel forms in  with short vowel, such as: grum-, grym(j)-, in “grumen” and “grymjen, grymen”, , muddy.  “grəma” most points back to a *grym-.

gromi [gromi] and gromek [gromək], humorous name for a cow, a cow with striped face, = $ə$. *gróma or *gruma.