*gryndellayk

n.

'fierceness'

(Modern English grindel)

Etymology

Probably formed on gryndel + the ME suffix -layk (< ON; cp. OIcel -leikr).

PGmc Ancestor

(1) *grend-; (2) *gremmiþō

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

(1) grindill 'destroyer'; (2) grim(m)ð ‘vehemence, malice, ferocity, fierceness, violence’
(ONP (2) grimmð (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far grimd, Icel grimmd

OE Cognate

(1) cp. grindan (v.) ‘to grind’ (2) cp. grim ‘grim, fierce, cruel, terrible’

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

DD1c

Attestation

hapax legomenon

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 312 

Bibliography

MED grindellaik (n.) , OED grindel (adj.) , HTOED , Dance gryndellayk