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ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF FAR. GRIND “SCHOOL OF PILOT WHALES
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other hand, vulgar terms are not frequent
in literature. The present meaning may
then be much older, even traditional.
At any rate, it is clear that grínd “mat-
ing” is etymologically distinct from its
homonym grínd “trellis” which cannot
be associated with words quoted above,
and is in fact ultimately cognate with such
items as Old Engl. grindel, Old High
Germ. grintil, also meaning trellis and the
like, but belonging to a different root, as
our etymological dictionaries confirm, see
Holthausen (1934), further Falk and Torp
(1903-1906), under Grind.
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Claussøn Friis, P. 1632. Norríges oc Omliggende Øers
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Falk, H. and Torp, A. 1903-1906. Etymologisk Ordbog
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Holthausen, F. 1934. Altenghlisches etymologisches
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Lockwood, W.B. 1995. The Faroese Whale Names.
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Sanderson, K. 1995. On the derivation of Faroese
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