𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃

From the root of Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to grind”) (apparently in the sense of “crushed”) + 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 (fraþi, “mind”). Likely a calque of Ancient Greek ὀλιγόψυχος (oligópsukhos), which it translates.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrindafraθjis/

𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 • (grindafraþjis)

1. (hapax) faint-hearted, timid, demoralized
   • 1 Thessalonians 5:14:

     𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃, 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌿𐍃, 𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     bidjamuþ-þan izwis, brōþrjus, talzjaiþ þans ungatassans, þrafstjaiþ þans grindafraþjans, usþulaiþ þans siukans, usbeisneigai sijaiþ wiþra allans.

     Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all men. (NKJV)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 51