GRID

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Old Danish 1.3 Anglo-Saxon 1.4 Middle High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 Last Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

gríð = 'vehemence, greed, eagerness' ^{[1] [2]}
grið = 'peace, protection, mercy, truce' ^{[1] [2]}

Old Danish

gruth = 'peace, protection, mercy, truce' ^[2]

Anglo-Saxon

grið = 'peace, protection, mercy, truce' ^[2]

Middle High German

grítec = 'eager, covetous' ^[2]

Related Names

See Gríðr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
RAD	see Ráðgríðr
RAND	see Randgríðr
SANN	see Sangríðr

Last Element Forms

-gred -gri -grid -gríð -griðr -gríðr

References

1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)