grindel
Middle English
editEtymology
editUnknown. Compare Old English Grendel, Old Norse grindill (“storm; wind”).
Adjective
editgrindel
Derived terms
editOld English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *grindil, from Proto-Germanic *grindiz (“barrier, gate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ‑ (“bar, beam”). Cognate with Old Saxon grindil (“bar”), Old High German grintil (“bar, beam, crossbar, barrier”), Old Norse grind (“grid, lattice door”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgrindel m
Declension
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