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270, tabu-name for swine; pig; b) gurnard, Trigla. *grumtari or
 * grymtari. See ,

grontjel [grȯ‘ᶇtᶊəl],, sea-term, tabu-name for a pig, = ; de, the sucking-pigs. short grunts. See ,
 * grumtl or *grymtl, one that gives

grontl,, see ,

grop [grɔp, gråp],, 1) coarsely ground corn, (too) coarse meal, regular g. 2) coarse rain; rain in big, heavy drops, a g. o’ rain, -rain. — grop,, granular mass; coarse meal. For “-rain” is sometimes used “ [grɔf, gråf] rain” (,, coarse).

grop [grɔp, gråp],, 1) of a quern, mill, or of a person who grinds corn: to grind coarsely; de mill ; ye’re [‘you are’] de corn; de corn is ;  meal, de -bed, the space between the quern- or millstones when they are set for coarse grinding. 2) to break or cut into large pieces; to crush coarsely or only partially; livers, fish-livers which have been crushed between the hands. 3) to rain coarsely; to rain in large drops; he is . — gropa,, to grind coarsely (Aa.); b) to form a granular mass (R.).

grot, grut [grot, grôt],, porridge, of barley-meal or oat-meal. grautr, , porridge. * ,

only in the, ; gráta,, to weep. For form greet (greit: Jam.). gret [gret], and [grotən, grɔtən] go back to “grét” and “grátinn”, and of “gráta”, respectively.
 * grot [grɔt],, to weep. Now
 * is now commonly used the

grotsa [grɔtsa],, a weeping weep- ing girl, as a humorous or mocking term: “nu, g.!” “here is g. cornin’ again”. *grátsa, , of grátr,, a weeping. See ,

grotsi [grɔtsi],, a weeping boy, as a humorous or mocking term: “nu, g.!” “here is g. comin’ again”. *grátsi, , of grátr,, a weeping. For the derivative ending graassen,, inclined to weep, for “*graatse” from an older “*grátsi” (Aa. under graatsam, ).

grotska [grȯƫᶊka] and grøtska [grøtska],, crying and noise; crying and howling, of children: to had [‘hold’] a g., to cry and make a noise; to cry and howl. of grátr,, a weeping.


 * grotsta,, see *,

grotti$b$ [grɔti, grɔƫɩ], groiti [grɔiti, gråiti],, the nave in a quern- or millstone, a piece of wood or cork which fills up the eye in the lower quern- or millstone through which the gudgeon, de spindle, goes. A form [grøti] is reported from and  —  grotti, grotte (grøtte),, , from grotti,, which is found handed down as the name for quern.
 * (: grɔƫɩ). :

grotti$n$,, see , ,

grovel [grōvəl],, to grope along (in the dark), to g. wi’ de hands. Parallel form to , on all fours, [grōvəl], however, is more the  grovel.
 * In sense of to creep along


 * gru,, see.

a species of stone, only preserved in the “mill-”, micaceous gneiss ( to S. Hibbert) of which millstones are made. More common in the form [grøt],
 * grud [grūd, grū$1$d],, stone,