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any other Gmc. language.
deaconB
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2014/08/23 - 11:47pm
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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2014/08/24 - 4:51am

Short for "Germanic". Includes German, Dutch, all the Scandinavian tongues (including Icelandic but not Finnish), and English.

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