grend
See also: grènd
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *grendo- (“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
- beard, hair, bristles
Descendants
- Irish: greann2
References
- 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/
Noun
grend f (definite singular grenda, indefinite plural grender, definite plural grendene)
- 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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Related terms
- granne m (“neighbour”)
References
- “grend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.