"grey" meaning in Old Norse

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    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "grey"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "grøy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "groyggj"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*grawją",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grawją"
    ],
    [
      "*grīeġ",
      "Reconstruction:Old English/grieg"
    ],
    [
      "grīġhund",
      "grighund#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "greyhound",
      "greyhound#English"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*grawją"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grawją",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "alt": "*ghreu-/*ghrēu-",
        "t": "to rub, crush, meal"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "*grīeġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *grīeġ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "greyhound"
      },
      "expansion": "English greyhound",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *grawją, speculated to stem from Proto-Indo-European *ghreu-/*ghrēu- (“to rub, crush, meal”). The semantic hypothesis say that the sense shifted to trash and became a derogatory term for female dog, which were less valued in society.\nCognate with Old English *grīeġ (found in grīġhund (“greyhound”)); also English greyhound.",
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    {
      "form": "grøy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "grey",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "bitch (female dog)",
        "wretched dog (compare Faroese mjóhundur (“greyhound”, literally “thinn hound”)); poor thing?"
      ],
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
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          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
        [
          "wretched",
          "wretched"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ],
        [
          "Faroese",
          "w:Faroese language"
        ],
        [
          "mjóhundur",
          "mjóhundur#Faroese"
        ],
        [
          "poor thing",
          "poor thing"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "uncertain",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncertain, derogatory) bitch (female dog)",
        "wretched dog (compare Faroese mjóhundur (“greyhound”, literally “thinn hound”)); poor thing?"
      ],
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        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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            [
              107,
              111
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              110,
              115
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The chieftains travel to the meeting held at the Lowfell; the peace burst among enemies, and Vidri's (Odin's) greys (wolves) traveled hungry for the fallen around the island.",
          "ref": "13th–14th c., Helgakviða Hundingsbana I:",
          "text": "Fara hildingar hjǫrstefnu til þeirar er lǫgðu að Logafjöllum; sleit Fróða frið fjánda á milli, fara Viðris grey valgjörn um ey.",
          "translation": "The chieftains travel to the meeting held at the Lowfell; the peace burst among enemies, and Vidri's (Odin's) greys (wolves) traveled hungry for the fallen around the island.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bitch (female dog)",
        "either Odin's wretched dogs – wolves? or Odin's bitches – Valkyries looking for fallen in wolf shape"
      ],
      "id": "en-grey-non-noun-yFtoJJZP",
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
        [
          "Odin",
          "Odin"
        ],
        [
          "wolves",
          "wolves"
        ],
        [
          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
        [
          "Valkyrie",
          "Valkyrie"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "uncertain",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncertain, derogatory) bitch (female dog)",
        "(poetic, in the compound Vidri's/Odin's greys) either Odin's wretched dogs – wolves? or Odin's bitches – Valkyries looking for fallen in wolf shape"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the compound Vidri's/Odin's greys"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grey"
}

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    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "grey"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "grøy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "groyggj"
    }
  ],
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      "*grawją",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grawją"
    ],
    [
      "*grīeġ",
      "Reconstruction:Old English/grieg"
    ],
    [
      "grīġhund",
      "grighund#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "greyhound",
      "greyhound#English"
    ]
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    },
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        "t": "to rub, crush, meal"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "*grīeġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *grīeġ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "greyhound"
      },
      "expansion": "English greyhound",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *grawją, speculated to stem from Proto-Indo-European *ghreu-/*ghrēu- (“to rub, crush, meal”). The semantic hypothesis say that the sense shifted to trash and became a derogatory term for female dog, which were less valued in society.\nCognate with Old English *grīeġ (found in grīġhund (“greyhound”)); also English greyhound.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grøy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Old Norse derogatory terms"
      ],
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        "bitch (female dog)",
        "wretched dog (compare Faroese mjóhundur (“greyhound”, literally “thinn hound”)); poor thing?"
      ],
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        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
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          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
        [
          "wretched",
          "wretched"
        ],
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          "dog",
          "dog"
        ],
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          "Faroese",
          "w:Faroese language"
        ],
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          "mjóhundur",
          "mjóhundur#Faroese"
        ],
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          "poor thing",
          "poor thing"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "uncertain",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncertain, derogatory) bitch (female dog)",
        "wretched dog (compare Faroese mjóhundur (“greyhound”, literally “thinn hound”)); poor thing?"
      ],
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        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
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        "Old Norse poetic terms",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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              107,
              111
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              110,
              115
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The chieftains travel to the meeting held at the Lowfell; the peace burst among enemies, and Vidri's (Odin's) greys (wolves) traveled hungry for the fallen around the island.",
          "ref": "13th–14th c., Helgakviða Hundingsbana I:",
          "text": "Fara hildingar hjǫrstefnu til þeirar er lǫgðu að Logafjöllum; sleit Fróða frið fjánda á milli, fara Viðris grey valgjörn um ey.",
          "translation": "The chieftains travel to the meeting held at the Lowfell; the peace burst among enemies, and Vidri's (Odin's) greys (wolves) traveled hungry for the fallen around the island.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bitch (female dog)",
        "either Odin's wretched dogs – wolves? or Odin's bitches – Valkyries looking for fallen in wolf shape"
      ],
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        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
        [
          "Odin",
          "Odin"
        ],
        [
          "wolves",
          "wolves"
        ],
        [
          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
        [
          "Valkyrie",
          "Valkyrie"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "uncertain",
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        "(uncertain, derogatory) bitch (female dog)",
        "(poetic, in the compound Vidri's/Odin's greys) either Odin's wretched dogs – wolves? or Odin's bitches – Valkyries looking for fallen in wolf shape"
      ],
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        "in the compound Vidri's/Odin's greys"
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        "poetic"
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  "word": "grey"
}