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grindel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
grindel, es; m.
A bar, bolt; in pl. lattice-work, hurdle; crates
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  • Geslægene grindlas greáte

    forged large gratings,

      Cd. 19; Th. 24, 27; Gen. 384.
  • Guest, English Rhythms, ii. 40, note 1, observes 'As far as we can judge from the drawing which accompanies the description, the grindel was a kind of heavy iron grating, which rather encumbered the prisoner by its weight, than fixed him in its grasp.'
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. grintil temo, repagulum, pessulum, obex, vectis: cf. Icel. grind a lattice-door.]
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  • grindel, n.