gramr

From Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

gramr (comparative gramari, superlative gramastr)

1. wroth, angry with (someone) [with dative]
   • 995-1000, Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, loose verse 9

     Mér skyli Freyr ok Freyja, · fjǫrð lætk ǫðul Njarðar,
     líknisk grǫm við Grímni, · gramr, ok Þór enn ramma; […]

     With me must Freyr and Freyja, and Thor the strong, be angry. Last year I forsook the patrimony of Njord; may the fiends ask Grimnir (= Odin) for mercy.

   • Hirðskrá

     Svá sé mér guð hollr sem ek satt segi, gramr ef ek lýgr

     So may god be gracious toward me if I speak truly, furious if I lie

   Antonym: hollr

• gramir m pl, grǫm n pl (“fiends, demons”)

• gremi f (“wrath, anger”)
• gremja (“to make angry”)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gramr1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

gramr m

1. king, warrior

• → Latin: Gram

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gramr2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive