grend

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See also: grènd

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *grannos (moustache, beard), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (facial hair), see also Russian грань (granʹ, face, facet, edge, border, verge), Welsh gran (eyelid), Breton grann (brow, eyebrow).[1]

Noun

grend f

  1. beard, hair, bristles

Descendants

  • Irish: greann2

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “grando-, grendo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 166

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse grend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɛnː/, /ɡrɛnd/
  • (dialects with palatalization) IPA(key): /ɡrɛɲː/

Noun

grend f (definite singular grenda, indefinite plural grender, definite plural grendene)

  1. a small village or collection of farms
    • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog [Norwegian Proverbs], page 137:
      D'er betr aa bu i ei god Grend en vera vida kjend.
      It's better to live in a good village, than to be famous.

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