adv.
‘fiercely, wrathfully’
(Modern English grindel)Formed on gryndel (adj.).
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
hapax legomenon
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 2299