grjón

See also: grjon

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grjón (“groats”), from Proto-Germanic *greuna, a variant of *greutą. See also Danish gryn (“grain”) and the Swedish gryn, cognate with Middle High German grien (“gravelly sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krjouːn/

  Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

grjón n (genitive singular grjóns, nominative plural grjón)

1. grain (usually of rice)
2. (offensive, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) an East Asian person

Synonyms

• (Asian person): hrísgrjón

Derived terms

• grjónagrautur
• hrísgrjón
• sagógrjón