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girig.

greedy (having greed; consumed by selfish desires)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. greedy (having greed; consumed by selfish desires)

  2. eager (to have something)

Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish girugher, gerogher (compare Norwegian girug), to an earlier Old East Norse *girugr ← *girugʀ, potentially to a Proto-Norse *ᚷᛁᚱᚢᚷᚨᛉ (*girugaʀ); in root akin to *girį̄ + *-gaz; via pattern from Old Danish girig, Middle Low German gerich, Old High German girig (compare German gierig). First recorded in the 13th century Westrogothic law (Westgöta-Lagen). Related to Old Swedish giri (“greed, desire”), Old High German giri from Proto-Germanic *girį̄. Compare to Western Old Norse gráðugr.

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