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Rh, ). For the use of the word in  and , see In the sense of disguised (masked, straw-dressed) person, guizard,  “guiser [(gaisər) gäisər]” is now commonly used outside the 2) snow-man, a snawie [‘snowy’] g. [grølək]. — Two forms with dropped i-mutation: [grūli] and [groᶅa], are reported from (Fladabister) in sense of disguised (masked) person, a person dressed up like a witch; is mostly used in the “minnie-” ( minnie,, good woman, old woman); to play m.-g. — grýla,, a bugbear; an ogress; grýla,, a bugbear; a masked person. — , ,

grølmølet [grøl·møl·ət] and grolmolet [grȯl·mȯl·ət],, 1) grimy, dirty-faced, a g. face. Partly with a further application, of dirty clothes, dirty or badly washed clothes; g. claes [‘clothes’]. 2) long-faced; vexed; peevish. *grýlumýltr or -múlóttr? For the supposed first part of the see, , The second part is a of múli,, a muzzle; hanging lip. With -mølet, -molet in sense 2 of the word   mulen, , sulky and fretful, mula,, a) to sulk; b) to sit silent or thoughtful, and mule,, to sulk. The explanation of the first part of the word - as a  of “grýla” can be supported by  to the occurrence of *, , used with. , however, (under, , ), which in meaning partly assimilates to.

grømek$1$ [grø̄mək],, sea-term, tabu-name, belonging to fishermen’s , for ram.,  a grímr, , as a poetic name for ram (Eg.). Might also be thought to have arisen by from “gróm”;  , , as the name for a cow with striped face, = $n$.
 * grýmingr from *grímungr;

grømek$1$,, see ,

grømet,, see ,

grømi,, see $2$,

grøms$1$ [grø‘ms],, = , ; to come. infl. in form by $1$,

grøms$1$ [grø‘ms],, properly to make turbid; to stir up in dirt? only reported in the : to g. ower de (ane’s) face, to wash one’s face slightly; he ’s [‘is’ = ‘has’] ower his face. Doubtless the same word as $2$,

Also * [grē$2$n], and with dropped i-mutation: * [grōn (grō$ə$n)]. Preserved in the old, now obsolete, double ballad-refrain: (or ) [grø̄n (grø̄na)] [grēn] (with “” as a variant of “gru gren”); see Introd. (Fragments of Norn). In place-names, in the forms  and, with long vowel-sound, and ( in the case of the last-mentioned form) with a short vowel-sound. Examples: Blettena grøna [blæt··əna· or bläƫ··əna· grø̄na]. Blekna grøna [blækna grø̄na], grassy spots among heather: *blettirnir ( blettina) grœnu. Dalin grøna [dâlɩn grø̄na] (Norwick, ), a green dale: *dalrinn grœni (: dalinn grœna). Fidna grøna [grøna], see *, Ljogena or Løgena grøna [grø̄na] , see, $ə$, [lœkr]. Mørena grøna [grø̄na], see $ə$, [mýrr]. Gilena grona [gɩl··əna· grɔna], narrow, green dales: *gilin grœnu; see $n$, Stakkena grona [stak··əna· grōna], some grass-grown rocks, overhanging the sea (Ham Vo, ): 18*
 * grøn [grø̄n (grø̄$n$n)],, green.