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grim and grimm, n. (f.), the dashing of the sea against the rocks, heavy surf. Cf. grem², vb.

grim¹ [grinɩ], vb., to besmear with dirt, esp. to dirty one’s face, to g. ane’s (aneseH’s)face. grimd [gri̇̄md], perf. part., used adjectivally, dirtied (in the face), partly = grimet, adj. No. grima, vb., prop. to place a halter on a horse, also inter alia, to make dirty stripes on something, grima seg ut, to begrime or dirty one’s face.

grim², vb., see grem¹, vb.

grima¹ [gri̇̄ma] and grimi [gri̇̄mi], sb., a sprinkling of snow on the earth, esp. with bare patches here and there, snaw-grima, a snawie [‘snowy’] grimi. Ai. (grima, grimi). Conn. (grima). O.N. gríma, f., a face-guard, etc. — Prop. the same word as the two following. Cf. Sc. dial. griming (of snow).

Grima² [gri̇̄ma], sb., the name for a striped cow, esp. a white cow with black stripes (or spots) on the forehead, = Fær. Gríma. See further grimet, adj.

grimek [gri̇̄mək, grɩmək], sb., a halter, rope, serving as bridle for a horse (a rope with a loop round the jaws). comm. In the same sense also No. grima, Fær. gríma, f., a face-guard. In Sa. grimek [grɩmək] and grim(m)et [grɩmət] are found in sense of grummet, esp. a grummet at the end of a chest, by mingling with the Eng. word. — From Du. is reported a parallel form grømek [grømək] in sense of a halter for a horse or calf.

grimet [gri̇̄mət (grimət, grɩmət)], adj., 1) dirty in the face (prop. having black or dirty streaks); a g. face, a dirty face. Uⁿ. 2) commonly of a white cow, a cow the head of which has a white ground-colour: black-striped or black-spotted on the forehead; a g. coo. In Du. reported in sense of: white- or

black-spotted on the forehead. From the same place is reported a form grømet [grømot] in the sense of black with white and black specks on the forehead; a g. coo. 3) of the earth: covered with a very thin layer of snow, esp. with bare patches here and there, when a thaw has set in; de eart’ is g. (wi’ snaw). Y^h., Fe. — 4) of the sky: covered with small clouds with peeps of blue sky in between; de sky is a’ [‘all’] g. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). — gri̇̄mət (grimət): comm. grɩmət: Du. occas. — *grímóttr. Fær. grímutur, No. grimutt, Sw. dial. grimmet (grimig, grimmig), adj., dirty or having dark stripes in the face, also of cows: having dark stripes on the forehead (in No. and Fær.), having white stripes on the forehead with darker ground-colour (Sw. dial.: Ri.). — See grima (grimi) and grimek, sbs.

grimm [grɩm], sb., a piece, morsel? only noted down of bait in the phrase: der wer no [‘not’] a g. left f(r)ae lug to lug, there was no bait left on the fishing-line (the fish had swallowed the bait off the hooks). Yⁿ. Poss. to be referred to O.N. krymma, f., a hand, = krumma, and No. kremma, f., a handful, as initial k (kr) occas. changes to g (gr) in Shetl. Norn.

grimm [grɩm, grəm], adj., 1) grim; fierce; of a harsh, frowning appearance; also of weather: storm-threatening, a g.-lookin’ or g.-like mornin’. Y^h. 2) ugly; repulsive. 3) fatal; hopeless; der’r a g. look nu, it does not look wellfor him, there is only a slender hope of rescue now (e.g. for a boat in distress, or a person seriously ill). Nm^w. 4) of cattle: having discoloured, greyish forehead, = skjoget-faced. Du. — O.N. grinɩmr, adj., a) grim; evil-minded; b) stern; severe; cruel. Shetl. grimm 4 might spring from the root-meaning dark;