grisan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to shudder, to feel horror, to dread, to quake
Etymology
Inherited from *grīsan (be frightened) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grīsaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grīsaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- growse English
- grausen German
- gruseln German
- *gruzi- Proto-Germanic
- *grīsaną Proto-Germanic
- agrisan Old English
- begreosan Old English
- færgryre Old English
- gryre Old English
- grēosan Old English
- heortgryre Old English
- (in)grūēn Old High German
- *graz Old High German
- grūsen Middle High German
- *grīsan gmw-pro
- grēselîk Middle Low German