Old English · noun
grima
Normalised grīma
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈɡriː.mɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈɡriː · mɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- maskgrimespectervisorapparitionhelmet
Meaning
-
mask
-
helmet, visor
-
specter, ghost; apparition
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”). Cognate with Old Frisian grīma, Old Saxon grīmo, Old High German grīmo, Old Norse gríma, Gothic * (*greima).
Descendants
grime
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