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Old Norse
Etymology
From grimmr + -leikr.
Noun
grimmleikr m
- savageness, cruelty
Declension
Declension of grimmleikr (strong a-stem)
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “grimmleikr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive