Talk:grig

Etymology of grig
The etymology currently provided only seems to cover the noun sense. Any etyls for the verb sense "to annoy"?

In addition, my electronic copy of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (c) 1998 gives a definition of a lively, bright person, with the etyl deriving from ME and meaning dwarf:. Alternately, "grig"+etymology leads me to the Online Etymology Dictionary, which doesn't include grig: itself, but does give an etyl for greyhound: arising from an ME word grig meaning bitch:. Our greyhound: page shows this older grig spelling, but lists the etyl for this portion as unknown.

Anyone else have any insight? -- Eiríkr Útlendi | Tala við mig 21:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)


 * According to the OED, the "greyhound" root is not "grig" but Old Norse "grøy" (neuter, bitch). I've added Johnson's suggestion to the etymology, but the precise origins seem to have been lost.    D b f  i  r  s   15:46, 12 October 2011 (UTC)