gríss

Old Norse

Etymology

Kroonen considers Pokorny's comparison with *grīsaz (“grey”) erroneous. Instead, from the Proto-Germanic strong verb *grīsaną (“to be straying”).

Noun

gríss m (genitive gríss, plural grísir)

1. young pig, piglet

Declension

  Declension of gríss (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gríss	gríssinn	grísir	grísirnir
accusative	grís	grísinn	grísi	grísina
dative	grís	grísinum	grísum	grísunum
genitive	gríss	gríssins	grísa	grísanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: grís
• Faroese: grísur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gris; (dialectal) grís'e
• Swedish: gris
• Danish: gris
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gris