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Rh. grøypa (greypa), , to groove ( grøypa), to fit into a groove.

grøt$1$ [grøt],, stone, a species of stone, in the  “mill-” ( mill-grit), a species of stone from which millstones are made, micaceous gneiss ( to S. Hibbert); see *, An obsolete form * [grø̄d] is found in sense of: a) rocky ground; a rocky stretch of coast; collection of big boulders or fragments of rock; b) a stony ford; a low-lying, rocky tract, shaped like a neck or tongue of land, connecting a smaller piece of land with a larger — now only used as a place-name, though the meaning of the word is still understood, and it is always prefixed by the definite article; in sense b, in “de Skerries (East Skerries)”: de see *, ], de *grød o’ de holm, de * o’  [*mjáfanes, the last name denoting a part of “de West Isle” (one of the Skerries), and used by Lunnasting fishermen, while the Skerri-men commonly call the place “de [sti̇̄g] o’ Mjones”. In sense a (loosened rocks, collection of big boulders), , in the place-names which stand on the border between a place-name and a common noun: de o’ Tangwik [tanok]; de o’ de Isle (Isle o’ Stenhus); de  o’ de Skerri (Stenhus). In : de, a stony stretch of the hill “de Kame”. Otherwise the word is found as a place-name also in forms such as: [grōd],  [grūd] and [grøt],  de  ( and ), now culitivated land; de, a rocky strip of coast; de (Tumlin, ), name of a farm; de  o’ Stavanes, stony beach. In sense b of the preceding in the place-name “de [grōdins], two skerries connected with the Isle of Fetlar by low-lying, rocky necks, and also in  [grɔit]- in “Stakken [stakən grɔiti]” (Norwick), a high sea-rock, connected with the mainland by a low, rocky neck,  *stakkrinn í grjóti. See further *,, and Shetl. Stedn. pp. 100—101. grjót, , stone, a species of stone ( material for building); grjot (grjøt), , also a collection of big boulders under or by the water, a stony ford (R.).
 * o’ [*grœn-øy;
 * mjánes, “the narrow headland”];
 * is found in EshanesEshaness [sic],
 * is found in a form *-

grøt$w$ [grøt (grø$n$t)],, dregs of train-oil; sediment of cod-liver oil. “grø$w$t” is noted down in ; otherwise “grøt”. grútr, ,

grøta [grø̄ta], grøtek [grø̄tək, grøtək] and grødek [grødək],, a pot, now only preserved as a tabu-name, sea-term in fishermen’s  In the  : a kettle. grýta, , a pot. See ,

grøti$n$ [grøti], and  in the “g.-oil, g. oil”, — $2$,

grøti$i$ [grøti],, a wisp of straw, greased with train-oil dregs, which is dipped into the water in angling with fishing-rod (from the shore), in order to produce fat on the water so as to allure the fish.  of $i$,  Is called  in ; see the word.

grøti-mollek [grøti-mɔᶅək],, 1) = $1$, 2) the belly of a fish, filled with liver from fish and boiled, = liver-. See $2$, , and $2$,

grøtlekrabb [grø$n$t··ləkrab·],, a kind of tiny, grey crab, often found in shells (trumpet-shells); hermit-crab. Also [grȯ$2$‘lta-, grȯ·ᶅtakrab] and