An archaic or dialectal term for a step or a pig; specifically, a young sow or breeding female pig.
From Old English 'gryse,' meaning 'young pig.' The word evolved from Proto-Germanic and is related to similar terms for young swine in other Germanic languages.
This word is a linguistic fossil—'griece' disappeared from everyday English centuries ago, but medieval farming records are full of it because breeding pigs were valuable assets worth careful documentation.
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