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With grums 5 cf. Sw. dial. grummsa, vb., to speak vaguely and in an undertone; to grumble about something (Ri. under “gruna”, vb.).

grumset [gro‘msət (gru‘msət)], adj., 1) turbid; muddy; mingled; mixed; g. water, turbid or muddy water. Wests. Also grumsi [gro‘msi]. 2) dirty, esp. on the face; a g. face, a dirty (besmeared) face; also grumsi. Wests. (Sa., Papa). 3) confused and unintelligible in one’s speech; mingling different topics together(in speaking) (Sa.). 4) muttering under one’s breath, speaking inaudibly and indistinctly, also gruff and peevish; a g. body, a) a person muttering inaudible answers; b) a gruff person. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). — Commonly pronounced “gro‘ms-”. Papa: gru‘msət and gro‘msət. — From Sa. is reported grumpset [gro‘mpsət] and grompset [grȯ‘mpsət] as parallel forms to grumset. — Deriv. of grums, vb.

grumsi [gro‘msi], sb., a) one who mutters under his breath; b) a gruff person, = a grumset body. N.Roe. See grums, vb. 5, and grumset, adj. 4.

grund, grund [grȯnd (grønd)], sb., 1) ground, soil. 2) ground, foundation. 3) sea-bottom, esp. the sea-floor of a fishing-ground. The word is partly O.N. grund, f., ground, soil, partly O.N. grunn, n., grunnr, m., a) a shoal in the sea, bank; b) ground, foundation, L.Sc. grund, sb., the bottom of the water. See *groin, *gronnins (pl.) and *grunn, sbs.

grund-ebb, sb., the last stage of ebb (low water).

grundking, grund-king [grȯnd·kɩŋ· (-ᶄɩŋ·, grønd·-)], sb., in a water-mill: an iron plate, a piece of iron with two or three holes, which is fixed to the ground-sill (de grund-slo, sole-tree) and in which the pivot of the axle turns. *grunn-

kengr. The first part of the compd. is grund, sb. 2; the second part is king, sb., a bend; bight; crook, O.N. kengr. grundsäil (S.Sh.) is another name for grundking.

grundrif, grund-rif [grȯndrɩf, grȯnd·rɩf· (grønd·-)], sb., heavy swell in the sea; very agitated sea. Prop. heave with ground-swell. Conn. [grȯndnrɩf, grȯnd·rɩf·]; Nm^w. [grȯnd·rɩf· (grønd·-)]. *grunn-rif. For the second part of the compd. see further rif, sb.

grundsäil, grund-sile [grond·säil· (grønd·-)], sb., = grundking. S.Sh. *grunn-sigli. For the second part of the compd. (iron sill; mill-crank) see further säil¹, sb.

grundsem, grund-sem [grȯndsem, grȯnd·sem·, -sɛm, (grønd-)], sb., “ground-nail”, one of the nails by which the bottom boards of a boat are fixed to the keel. See sem, sb.

grundsig, grund-sig [grȯnd·sig·], sb., heavy swell in the sea, prop. ground-swell; a g. i’ de sea. Conn. *grunn-sig. For the second part of the compd. see further sig, sb.

grundslo, grund-slo [grȯnd·slō· (grønd·-)], sb., in a water-mill: ground-sill with an iron plate (king, grund-king), in which the pivot of the axle turns. Fo. *grunn-slá. No. grunn-slaa, f., ground-sill beneath the axle of a quern. “sole-tree” is more commonly used than grundslo (at any rate outside Fo.). From Du. is reported a form “grund-slu [grȯnd·slū·, grønd·slū·]”, which presupposes an original form *grunn-slǫ́. “grund-slu” is used partly in the same sense as grundking.

†grundswirl, grund-†swirl [grȯnd·swɩr·əl], sb., tabu-name, sea-term for swine, pig. Conn. Prop. “he that roots in the ground”, like other tabu-names for swine, which mean rooter, he that roots; see moddin, sb.