grend

See also: grènd

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *grannos (“moustache, beard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰren- (“facial hair”), see also Russian грань (granʹ, “face, facet, edge, border, verge”), Welsh gran (“eyelid”), Breton grann (“brow, eyebrow”).

Noun

grend f

1. beard, hair, bristles

Descendants

• Irish: greann²

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse grend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɛnː/, /ɡrɛnd/
• (dialects with palatalization) IPA^(key): /ɡrɛɲː/

Noun

grend f (definite singular grenda, indefinite plural grender, definite plural grendene)

1. a small village or collection of farms
   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog [Norwegian Proverbs], page 137:

     D'er betr aa bu i ei god Grend en vera vida kjend.

     It's better to live in a good village, than to be famous.

Related terms

• granne m (“neighbour”)
• grisgrendt

References

• “grend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.