Middle English Dictionary Entry
grendel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | grendel n. Also grindal. |
| Etymology | OE grendel a gravelly stream or place & Grendel the monster. Akin to OE grindan to grind & OI grandi a strip of beach. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A gravelly stream [see Smith PNElem. 1.209]; (b) in place names:?a gravelly stream, ?Grendel.
Associated quotations
a
- [ 963 Chart.in Birch Cart.Sax.3.336 : Þanon on þa ealdan dic on grendel, up anlang grendel on þone ealdan ford. ]
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4931 : There is vij acres lond lying by the hih weye toward the grendyll, not ferre from Herdwyk.
b
- [ (a955) Chart.in Birch Cart.Sax.3.223 : & long dices in grendelsmere, of grendelsmere in stancofan. ]
- (a1200) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)422 : Grendelesmere.
- (a1300) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)6 : Grendelbroc.
- (1324) Court R.Lan.in LCRS 4115 : Richard de Grindalbothum.
- (1330) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)489 : Grendelbury.
- (1333) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)489 : Grendelesbiry.
- (1399) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)489 : Grendelliscomb.