greann

greann
hair, bristling of hair, surly look, also "cloth", "rough piled clothing", Irish greann, beard, hair hair, Early Irish grend, beard, Welsh, Breton grann, eyelid, cilium: *grendâ; German granne, beard of corn or cat, Norse grön, moustache, Spanish greña, tangled hair, Prov.French gren, Old French grenon, beard of cheek and lip; Albanian kra$$?nde. greanndag, rag, tatter. Hence greannar.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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