Gridsk

Old Danish Dictionary - gridsk

Meaning of Old Danish word "Gridsk", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Gridsk can mean:

  • to. grum. forbitret; saa hadske oc gredske waare de pan hannem, at de strax for vden al dom & oe retgong vilde stenet hannem. Chr Pedersen. I. 324; en stor hund, som vaar saare gredsker oc grum st fansee. Vedel, Saxo. 112 (= hor- rendæ acerbitatis bellua. P. E. Mil- lers udg. 260); o den fortrædne tyv & og gridske morder-kæmpe. Bording. I. 173; vild, grædsk, ferox. Come- nius, Orhis pictus. 387.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᛁᚦᛋᚴ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
to.
tillægsord (adjectivum).

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