grame

grame · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰrem-“to rub, grind, scrape”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gramô“anger”
3. Old English · inherited fromgrama“rage, anger, trouble, devil, demon”
4. Middle English · inherited fromgrame
5. English todaygrame

From Middle English grame, gram, grome, from Old English grama (“rage, anger, trouble, devil, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *gramô (“anger”), *gramaz (“fiend, enemy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to rub, grind, scrape”). Cognate with Middle Dutch gram (“angry”), Dutch gram (“wrath”), Middle Low German gram (“anger”), German Gram (“grief, sorrow”), Old Danish gram (“devil”), Icelandic gramir, gröm (“fiends, demons”). Related to gram (“angry”, adjective), grim.

grame · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰrem-“to rub, grind, scrape”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gramjaną“to grill, vex, irritate, grieve”
3. Old English · inherited fromgramian
4. Middle English · inherited fromgramen
5. English todaygrame

From Middle English gramen, gramien, from Old English gramian, gremian (“to anger, enrage”), from Proto-Germanic *gramjaną (“to grill, vex, irritate, grieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to rub, grind, scrape”). Cognate with German grämen (“to grieve”), Danish græmme (“to grieve”), Swedish gräma (“to grieve, mortify, vex”).

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