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ina); fig., koma, ganga í greipr e-m, to fall into one's clutches.
greizla, f. payment, discharge.
gremi, f. wrath, anger.
gremja (grem. gramda, gramit), v. to anger, provoke, exasperate (gremdu eigi goð at þér); refl., gremjast e-m, to be angry with.
gren (gen. pl. grenja), n. lair of a fox or wolf (sem melrakki í greni).
grenja (at), v. to howl, bellow.
grenjan, f. howling, bellowing.
grennast (d), v. refl. to become thin.
grennd, f. vicinity.
grennslast (að), v. refl. to inquire.
gren-skolli, m. a fox in its earth.
grepp-ligr, a. frowning, ugly.
greppr (-a, -ar), m. (1) poet, scald; (2) doughty man.
grepta, greptra, see grefta, greftra.
gres-járn, n. iron wire.
gretta (-tta, -tt), v., g. sik or grettast, to frown, make a wryface.
Grettis-haf, -tak, n. Grettir's lift.
grey (gen. pl. greyja), n. (1) bitch; (2) paltry fellow, coward.
grey-baka, f. = grey (1) bitch.
greyfa (-ða, -ðr). v. to bend down with the face to the ground.
grey-hundr, m. bitch;
-menneks, f. paltriness, meanness.
greypa (-ta, -tr), v. to groove.
greypi-liga, adv. fiercely;
-ligr, a. fierce, fearful.
greyp-leikr, m. fierceness;
-ligr, a. = greypiligr.
greypr, a. fierce, fearful.
grey-skapr, m. = grey-mennska;
-stóð, n. pack of hounds.
grið, n. (1) domicile, home; (2) pl. truce, peace, pardon, quarter; selk g.: to make truce; segja í sundr griðum, to dissolve the truce; lífs g. ok lima, safety for life and limbs; beiða (sér) griða, to sue for quarter; beiða griða Baldri fyrir alls konar háska, to seek protection for B. against all kinds of harm; gefa e-m g., to give one quarter; ganga til griða, to accept pardon.
griða-brek, n. pl. breach of truce;
-gjöf, f. granting truce;
-lauss, a. without truce, truceless;
-mark, n. sign of truce;
-mál, n. pl. truce formularies;
-rof, n. pl. breach of truce;
-setning, f. truce-making;
-staðr, m. sanctuary, asylum.
grið-bítr, m. = grið-níðingr.
griði, m. servant.
griðka, f. housemaid, female servant.
grið-kona, f. housemaid, female servant.
gríð-maðr, m. male servant.
grið-mál, n. pl. = griðamál;
-niðingr, m. truce-breaker;
-sala, f. a granting truce;
-samr, a. peaceful.
gríðungr (-s, -ar), m. = graðungr.
grið-vist, f. lodging, home.
Grikkir (gen. -ja), m. pl. Greeks.
Grikk-land, n. Greece;
Grikklandshaf, n. the Grecian Archipelago.
grikkska, f. Greek (language).
grikkskr, a. Greek, = girskr.
grimmast (d and að), v. to chafe, be furious (g. móti guði).
grimmd, f. (1) grimness, fierceness; (2) = grimmdarfrost.
grimmdar-frost, n. biting frost;
-hugr, m. hostile mind.
grimm-eygr, a. fierce-eyed;
-hugaðr, a. in a grim humour;
-leikr, m. savageness, cruelly;
-ligs, adv. fiercely; hefna grimmliga, to take a fearful revenge;
-ligr, a. fierce, fearful;
-lundaðr, a. of grim temper.
grimmr, a. (1) grim, stern, dire; gráta grimmum tárum, to weep bitter tears; g. dómr, severe jugement; (2) wroth; svá var hón grimm orðin Brjáni konungri, at, she hated him so much, that.
grimm-úðigr, a. ferocious, fierce (-úðigr í skapi).         
grind (pl. grindr and grindir), f. (1) a gate made of spars or bars, a fence pl. pen, fold (fé byrgt í grindum); fullar grindir, full-stocked folds (3) haven, dock (liggja í grindum, of ships); (4) store-houses.
grind-hlið, n. barred gate.
gripa-auðigr, a. rich in precious things;
-gjald, n. payment in precious things;
-kista, f. jewel chest;
-taka, f. seizure of property.
grip-deild, f. robbery, rapine.
gripr (-ar, -ir), m. (1) costly thing; valuable treasure, property: (2) value, money's worth; enn þriðja hlut á hann, þann er mikill g. er í, that is of

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