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276 ( stakkana) grœnu. Tona grona [tona grȯna] (Sund near Lerwick, ): *tóin grœna (: tóna grœnu);  tó,, a grassy spot. As the first part of mostly with short vowel, Grøni [grø̄nɩ, grønɩ]: *grœn-øy, a green or grass-grown isle (several islets of this name); Gronablett [grȯn··ablæt·] (Kwarf, ): *grœni blettr (: grœna blett), see, Grønastakk (Grønistakk) [grøn··astak· (grø̄··na-), grø̄n··i-] and Gronastakk [gron··astak· (grȯn··a-), gron··istak· (grȯn··i-)] (several places), a high rock in the sea with a grass-grown top: *grœni stakkr (: grœna stakk). Grønitong [grøn··itɔŋ·], and Gronateng [gron··atæŋ·] (, Snaranes, ), a green tongue of land, headland: tanga). Grøntu [grøntu] : *grœna tó or þúfa (mound, knoll), most “þúfa”; below Green-. The word is anglicised in : a) Green-a [gri̇̄na, older: gri̇̄ne], an islet (, Vo, ): *(grœn-)øy — “Grøni”; b) Green-mu [mū] : : *(grœna) þúfa; Grøntu. — grœnn,, green. — From an *grœn(a), , in sense of a green spot ( grøna, , in place-names; grön,, = grönska) are derived names such as: a) de Grons [grōns (grō$e$ns)] (Skaw, ), grassy spots between sea-rocks; b) de Grønins [grønɩns] (Onjefirt’, ); c) de Gronins [grȯnɩns] (Hwefirt’, ). Anglicised in “de Nort’ Greens” (Heglabister, ). In is found [grø̄na] as the name of a fishing-ground, so called from a green spot, used as a landmark.
 * grœni tangi (: grœna
 * (grœnn) mór; c) Green- [tūa]

grønin [grønin],, dawn. grey of the morning.
 * grýning. See, , In
 * graaning,, dawn, the

grønska [grø‘nska, grø‘nᶊka, grø‘ᶇᶊka grø‘ᶇ- ᶊka ], grönska [grö‘ᶇᶊka] and gronska [grȯ‘nᶊka, grȯ‘ᶇᶊka],, in digging with a spade: green heads of turf turned up by digging., , ,  with close ø-sound: [grø‘nska]; [grø‘nᶊka, grø‘ᶇᶊka], more rarely in and, and more (grö‘ᶇᶊka: )]; [grȯ‘nᶊka, grȯ‘ᶇᶊka: ]. , - [grønskô] as well as [grɩnska],, - [grɩnskô] are reported from as parallel forms to. The forms with i, which now are most commonly used in, have been formed through of  green, [grȯ‘ᶇᶊəs], : From is reported, “green” [grɩn·sku·, grin·sku·] in a different sense: sprouting grass, that which begins to grow on cultivated, poor ground. In [gri‘nsᶄu] denotes the second crop of corn which grows anew when the first crop has been struck down by rain, — green ; see $ə$, — grœnska,, verdure; a green spot ( grønska); green vegetation ( and grønska). — The forms ending in -, -, spring from the  form “grœnsku”.
 * [grȯ‘nᶊka, grȯ‘ᶇᶊka:

grønt [grø‘nt],, to grunt.
 * grymta. See further ,

grøntl, grøntel [grø‘ntəl],, to grunt, to give short grunts; de grice . . *grymtla from *grymta. See and ,

grøp,, see $n$,

grøp [grøp],, to groove, to cut a groove in a board or piece of wood for fitting into a corresponding edge; to and. Mostly in : [grøpət], grooved, with a cut groove; de is [‘boards are’] and