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!
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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

Old English

Etymology

Compare Old Norse grautr; from which Icelandic grautur (“porridge”), Swedish gröt.

Noun

grūt f (indeclinable, but also dative grȳt)

  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

Descendants

References

  • grut in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

West Frisian

Adjective

grut (inflected grutte)

  1. big, large; great
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