Gríg (?), gregg

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gríg (?), gregg

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gríg (?), gregg
a paltry fellow, a coward :-- Gryre sceal for greggum, græf deádum men, Gn. Ex. 149. [Cf. Icel. grey a paltry fellow. For similar correspondence between Icelandic and English forms cf. Icel. hey; W. S. híg; hegg(e) in Rushworth Gloss. Mk. 6, 39.] See next word. gregg,grig
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