Grith, sb. peace, truce. Wallace, X, 884. O. N., O. Dan. grið, truce, protection, peace. O. Sw. grið, gruð. Occurs very often in the parts of the A-S. Chronicle dealing with the wars with the Danes, for the first time in 1002. "Frið and grið," meant "truce," or "peace and protection." See Steenstrup's discussion of these words, pp. 245-250.
Grouf, on growfe, adj. prone, on one's face. Douglas, IV, 20, 24; Dunbar, 136, 12. O. N. á grúfu, grovelling. Norse aa gruva, id., O. Sw. a gruvo. Sw. diall. gruva, å gruv, Dan. paa gru.
Grys, gryce, sb. a pig. Douglas, II, 143, 14; Lyndsay, 218, 300; Montg., F., 88. O. N. griss, a young pig, swine, O. Dan. gris, Norse gris.
Gukk, vb. to act the fool. Dunbar, F., 497. Probably to be derived from gowk, sb. a fool. It cannot very well come from geck, to jest, the vowels do not correspond. In Poet. R., 108, 5, gukit means "foolish, giddy."
Gyll, sb. cleft, glen, ravine. Douglas, III, 148, 2; Sat. P., 12, 71. O. N. gil, a narrow glen with a stream at the bottom, Norse gil, gyl, a mountain ravine. Cp. Cu. gill, ghyll.
Gylmyr, sb. a ewe in her second year. C.S., 66. O. N. gymbr, a ewe lamb a year old, also gymbr-lamb, Norse gymber, Dan. gimber, M. E. gimbir, gimbyr, Cu. gimmer. In northwestern England and Scotland assimilation of mb to mm took place. Our word has excrescent l, cp. chalmer, not uncommon.
Gyrth, sb. a sanctuary, protection. Bruce, IV, 47; II, 44; C.S., 115. O. N. grið, a sanctuary, a truce. O. Sw. grið, gruð, M. Norse gred, protection. Cu. gurth, cp. grith.
Gyrth sb. a hoop for a barrel, the barrel. R.R., 27, 81. O. N. gjörð, a girdle, a hoop, Dan. gjord, Norse gjord, gjaar, gjoir, hoop, girdle, O. E. form gyrd. Cp. O. N. girða, to gird, and girði, wood for making hoops.
Gyrthyn, sb. saddle-strap, saddle-band. Wyntoun, VIII, 36, 64. O. N. gjörð. See Skeat, girth. Our word is not nominative pl. as the editor of Wyntoun takes it, but is the singular originally pr. p. of girth, to gird, to strap. In Poet. R. 113, occurs the form girthing. Cp. Cu. girting, girtings.