grut

See also: Grut

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grutte, gurte, from Old Dutch *grutti, from Proto-Germanic *grutją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrʏt/

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• Rhymes: -ʏt

Noun

grut n (plural grutten, diminutive grutje n)

1. (countable and uncountable) groat, broken-up or grinded grain
2. (countable) small stuff, little things
3. (uncountable) children

   Zeg, wilt g'uw klein grut 'ne keer bijhouden? Da staat hier altijd maar te jengelen, te janken en te bleiten rond m'n benen, om zot van te worden!

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Middle English

Noun

grut

1. Alternative form of growte

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

grut (comparative gruter, superlative grutst)

1. (Mooring) big, large

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Old English

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Germanic *grūtą, *grutą, probably related to *greutą (“grit”). Compare Old Norse grautr; from which Icelandic grautur (“porridge”), Swedish gröt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːt/

Noun

grūt f

1. malt mash
   • O. Cockayne, ed.; Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of early England, Master of the Rolls Series, 3 vols. London, 1864-1866; Vol II, page 74, line 9:

     Grút mealtes

Declension

Declension of grut (feminine)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	grūt	-
accusative	grūt	-
genitive	grūt	-
dative	grȳt, grūt	-

Descendants

• Middle English: growte, grout
  • English: grout

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grut”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

grut

1. big, large
2. great

Inflection

Inflection of grut
uninflected	grut
inflected	grutte
comparative	grutter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		grut	grutter	it grutst it grutste
indefinite	c. sing.	grutte	gruttere	grutste
	n. sing.	grut	grutter	grutste
	plural	grutte	gruttere	grutste
definite		grutte	gruttere	grutste
partitive		gruts	grutters	—

Further reading

• “grut (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011