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272 With 5   grummsa, , to speak vaguely and in an undertone; to grumble about something (Ri. under “gruna”, ).

grumset [gro‘msət (gru‘msət)], , 1) turbid; muddy; mingled; mixed; g. water, turbid or muddy water. Also [gro‘msi]. 2) dirty, on the face; a g. face, a dirty (besmeared) face; also. . 3) confused and unintelligible in one’s speech; mingling different topics together(in speaking) . 4) muttering under one’s breath, speaking inaudibly and indistinctly, also gruff and peevish; a g. body, a) a person muttering inaudible answers; b) a gruff person. . — Commonly pronounced “gro‘ms-”. : gru‘msət and gro‘msət. — From is reported [gro‘mpsət] and [grȯ‘mpsət] as parallel forms to. — of ,

grumsi [gro‘msi],, a) one who mutters under his breath; b) a gruff person, = a body. See, 5, and , 4.

grund, grund [grȯnd (grønd)], , 1) ground, soil. 2) ground, foundation. 3) sea-bottom, the sea-floor of a fishing-ground. The word is partly  grund,, ground, soil, partly  grunn, , grunnr, , a) a shoal in the sea, bank; b) ground, foundation,  grund, , the bottom of the water. See *,
 * and *,

grund-ebb,, the last stage of ebb (low water).

grundking, grund-king [grȯnd·kɩŋ· (-ᶄɩŋ·, grønd·-)],, in a water-mill: an iron plate, a piece of iron with two or three holes, which is fixed to the ground-sill (de grund-, sole-tree) and in which the pivot of the axle turns. *grunnkengr. *grunn- kengr. The first part of the is, 2; the second part is, , a bend; bight; crook, kengr. is another name for.

grundrif, grund-rif [grȯndrɩf, grȯnd·rɩf· (grønd·-)],, heavy swell in the sea; very agitated sea. heave with ground-swell. [grȯndnrɩf, grȯnd·rɩf·]; [grȯnd·rɩf· (grønd·-)]. *grunn-rif. For the second part of the see further ,

grundsäil, grund-sile [grond·säil· (grønd·-)],, =. of the (iron sill; mill-crank) see further $n$,
 * grunn-sigli. For the second part

grundsem, grund-sem [grȯndsem, grȯnd·sem·, -sɛm, (grønd-)], , “ground-nail”, one of the nails by which the bottom boards of a boat are fixed to the keel. See ,

grundsig, grund-sig [grȯnd·sig·], , heavy swell in the sea, ground-swell; a g. i’ de sea. the see further ,
 * grunn-sig. For the second part of

grundslo, grund-slo [grȯnd·slō· (grønd·-)],, in a water-mill: ground-sill with an iron plate , in which the pivot of the axle turns. *grunn-slá. grunn-slaa, , ground-sill beneath the axle of a quern. “sole-tree” is more commonly used than (at any rate outside ). From is reported a form “grund- [grȯnd·slū·, grønd·slū·]”, which presupposes an original form *grunn-slǫ́. “grund-” is used partly in the same sense as.

†grundswirl, grund-†swirl [grȯnd·swɩr·əl], , tabu-name, sea-term for swine, pig.  “he that roots in the ground”, like other tabu-names for swine, which mean rooter, he that roots; see ,