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grillan

  • verb [ weak ]
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grillan, p. de
To provoke, offend
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  • Hie willaþ grillan [griellan, Hat. MS.] óðre men

    they like to provoke other men,

      Past. 40, 4; Swt. 292, 19; MS. Cot.
Etymology
[A. R. gruellen to make sad: O. E. Homl. igruld, 2, 259, 30; and see other instances in Stratmann: cf. Icel. grellskapr spite: Ger. groll rancour.]
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v.  gryllan.
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