Where does “grisen” come from?

grisen (Middle English) comes from Old English grīsan, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaną — to shudder, to shake.

grisen (Middle English): to shudder, quake

Definitions

  1. to shudder, quake

Ancestry of “grisen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrīsanto shudder with horror; to tremble, to be...
2Proto-Germanic*grīsanąto shudder, to shake
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