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August 23, 2014 4:47 pm
nieve
"clenched fist" (northern and Scot. dialect), c.1300, from O.N. hnefi (cf. Norw. dial. neve, Swed. näfve, Dan. næve), not found in any other Gmc. language.
Excuse me for being a naif, but what are Gmc languages?
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August 23, 2014 9:51 pm
Short for "Germanic". Includes German, Dutch, all the Scandinavian tongues (including Icelandic but not Finnish), and English.