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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
grealach, greallach, entrails: *gre-lach, root gṛ, I. E. ghṛ, gut; Gr. χορδή, gut, Eng. cord; Lat. haru-spex, diviner, "entrails-inspector", hernia, rupture. Shaw has greathlach. Hence greallach, dirty, Ir. greallach, clay, dirty. Cf. Eng. gore.
greallag, a swingle-tree:
greann, hair, bristling of hair, surly look, also "cloth", "rough piled clothing", Ir. greann, beard, hair hair, E. Ir. grend, beard, W., Br. grann, eyelid, cilium: *grendâ; Ger. granne, beard of corn or cat, Norse grön, moustache, Span. greña, tangled hair, Prov.Fr. gren, O. Fr. grenon, beard of cheek and lip; Albanian krąnde. greanndag, rag, tatter. Hence greannar.
greas, hasten, urge, Ir. greasuighim, M. Ir. gressim: *gred-to-; I. E. ꬶhredh, step out, go; Lat. gradior, gradus, step; Got. grids, a step; Ch. Sl. grędą, stride, come; Skr. gṛdhyati, step out. The E. Ir. grísaim, I incite, is a different word, coming from grís, fire.
greidil, a gridiron, Ir. greidil, greideal, M. Ir. in t-slissin gretli, Sean. Mor. gretel, W. greidel, gradell, O. W. gratell; from Late Lat. graticula, from cratis, wicker-work, Eng. crate, grate, grill, hurdle. Eng. griddle, M. Eng. gredel, are the same as the Celtic words. Skeat has suggested gread above as the orogin of the Celtic forms; cf. Ir. greadóg, a griddle. Hence greidlean, an instrument for turning the bannocks on the griddle.
gréidh, prepare, dress, Ir. gréasaim; see gréis. gréidhear, gré'ar, grieve (N.Gael.).
greigh, a stud of horses, Ir., M. Ir. groigh, E. Ir. graig, W. gre: *gragi-; Lat. grex, flock; Gr. gargara, heaps; O. H. G. quarter, herd.
greim, a hold, a morsel, so Ir., O. Ir. greim, greimm, a hold, strength, W. grym, force, strength: *gredsmen-; root gher, hold, Gr. χέιρ, hand, Skr. gáras, grip. Stokes separates greim, morsel, from greim, hold, strength. greim, morsel, he refers to *gresmen, a bite, Skr. grásati, devour, Gr. γράω, eat, Norse krás, a dainty.
greis, prowess, onset, slaughter, a champion, E. Ir. gress, gréss, attack; from the root of greas above (Stokes).
greis, a while, Ir. do ghréas, always, O. Ir. do grés, do gress, semper, M. Ir. do-gres: *grend-to-, going on, root grend, gred, I. E. ghredh as in greas. Strachan gives *grencs-, and compares Norse kringr, round, Ger. kring. See treis.
gréis, greus, embroidery, needle-work, Ir. obair-ghréis, from gréas, E. Ir. gréss, any work of art or trade; see greusaich.
