gramse

Danish

Verb

gramse (imperative grams, infinitive at gramse, present tense gramser, past tense gramsede, perfect tense har gramset)

1. to paw, to grope, to touch in a sexual way

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gramr, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz. Cognate of Danish gram (“irate”), Icelandic gramur. Related to gräma. The extension -se represents the third-person reflexive pronoun (modern Swedish sig). Compare varse, vilse, ledsen.

Adjective

gramse (not comparable)

1. annoyed, angry

Usage notes

Only used predicatively.

References

• gramse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gramse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gramse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gramse in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)