grjón
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See also: grjon
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse grjón (“groats”), from Proto-Germanic *greuna, a variant of *greutą. See also Danish gryn (“grain”) and the Swedish gryn, cognate with Middle High German grien (“gravelly sand”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
grjón n (genitive singular grjóns, nominative plural grjón)
- grain (usually of rice)
- (offensive, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) an East Asian person
Declension[edit]
declension of grjón
Synonyms[edit]
- (Asian person): hrísgrjón
Derived terms[edit]
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- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ouːn/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
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- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic offensive terms
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- Icelandic slang
- Icelandic ethnic slurs