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274 arched forepart of the back, in the “to set de g.”, to arch the back and lower the head, to place oneself in an attitude of attack, applied to a cow about to charge. - from an original *krypp-; kryppa,, a hump; curvature of the back (kroppinn, and, crippled; crooked, and kroppinbakr, , hunch-backed), kryplor,, the upper part or the forepart of the body, the shoulders (R. “krøplaar”. The normalization into “kryplor” is given with hesitation). The long ø in is certainly due to a later lengthening of the vowel.

grøbi$5$ [grø̄bi],, a species of stone of which millstones are made, mill-g. Doubtless corrupt for *. See and $1$ ,

grøbi$6$ [grø̄bi],, = $1$, , arisen from by transition of l to r.


 * grød,, see $1$,

to become turbid; to become or be indistinct (partly covered), noted down in the following (sea-term), belonging to fishermen’s tabu-: de,  (is , ) i’ de , the moon is partly hidden by clouds (drifting clouds).  gruta, , to become dim (cloudy).
 * grød [grø̄d] and *grøt [grøt], ,

grødek,, see grøta,

grøfel [grø̄$ə$fəl] and grøvel [grø̄$ə$vəl, grøvəl],, properly to grovel, now to fumble along in the dark; to com’ or geng,. [grøvəl]. grǫfla (gröfla), , = grufla,, to grovel. and, , as well as ,
 * [grø̄$ə$fəl, grø̄$ə$vəl]. :

†grøflins [grøflɩns],, face downwards, prostrate; to fa’ [‘fall’] g. = falla á grúfu, to fall face downwards. down- wards. a  form of word: “groflins, grufelingis, -lyngis” in Jam., who gives the explanation: “in a grovelling posture”, thus to a certain degree deviating from in the above-mentioned application. The word, however, is also used in exactly agreeing with the (to lie g.).

grøfs [grøfs],, to grovel ( in the dark), to fumble along in the dark in a stooping posture, almost = ; to come ; he cam’ in ower de bed. *grǫfsa (grufsa)? See further under,  $1$,

grøk,, see ,

grøli [grø̄li (grø̄$ə$li), grøli] and grølek [grø̄lək (grø̄$ə$lək), grølək],, a troll (a witch), a bugbear. A) : 1) a bogey or troll by which children are scared; du has better bide in, for else de  will tak’ dee. ,, , grø̄li, grø̄$n$li: , ,. grø̆li: 2*) a witch,  belonging to a certain class of trolls, to one of the three classes into which they are divided,  to old tradition, as distinct from * and *.  B) : 1) a masked person, a person disguised in a dress of plaited straw; to “geng ”, to put on fancy dresses (straw dresses) and go about in this disguise; an old custom on certain days, not quite holidays, of the year, on the so-called “winter-Saturday” or winter-Sunday Saturday — the first Saturday after the 14th October, (fixed time for) the beginning of the winter — and on All-Saints’ Day (Hallowmass), the 1st November; certainly also at Shrovetide. [grø̄lək, grø̄$ə$lək]. Outside, in ,  and , , , , is used in this sense, “to geng  ” ( of