grjón

See also: grjon

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grjón (“groats”), from Proto-Germanic *greuna, a variant of *greutą. See also Danish gryn (“grain”) and the Swedish gryn, cognate with Middle High German grien (“gravelly sand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /krjouːn/
Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

grjón n (genitive singular grjóns, nominative plural grjón)

grain (usually of rice)
(offensive, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) an East Asian person

Declension

declension of grjón

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	grjón	grjónið	grjón	grjónin
accusative	grjón	grjónið	grjón	grjónin
dative	grjóni	grjóninu	grjónum	grjónunum
genitive	grjóns	grjónsins	grjóna	grjónanna

Synonyms

(Asian person): hrísgrjón

Derived terms

grjónagrautur
hrísgrjón
sagógrjón

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