grim

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Adjective 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English grim.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /grɪm/
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• Rhymes: -ɪm

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grim (comparative grimmer, superlative grimmest)

1. dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
   • It was grim in the northern industrial town
2. rigid and unrelenting
   • His grim determination enabled him to win
3. ghastly or sinister
   • The grim castle overshadowed the village

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grim (neuter grimt, definite and plural grimme, comparative grimmere, superlative grimmest)

1. ugly, unsightly
2. nasty

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[edit] Old English

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From Germanic *grimmaz, from Indo-European *ghrem- ‘to thunder’. Cognate with Old Saxon grim, Old High German grim (German grimm), Old Norse grimmr (Danish grim), Swedish grym; and with Greek χρεμίζω, Old Church Slavonic грьмѣти (Russian греметь), Latvian gremt. Perhaps related in Old Norse to veiled or hooded, Grim is also an alternate name for Odin, who often went around disguised, cf. the hooded appearance of The Grim Reaper.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /grɪm/
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[edit] Adjective

grim

1. fierce, severe, terrible