An archaic or dialectal word meaning irritation, vexation, or grief, or sometimes referring to hostility between people.
From Old Norse 'gramr' meaning angry or fierce, entering Middle English through Scandinavian influence. The sense evolved from a description of emotional state to an abstract noun representing the feeling itself.
This word is so old it disappeared from modern English, but you can still see its ghost in the expression 'grim'—which shares the same Norse root meaning 'angry' or 'fierce.'
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