German

Noun

Grut n ‎(genitive Gruts, no plural)

1. gruit (herbal mixture used in some beers, particularly before the spread of hops)

Declension

Derived terms

• Grutbier

See also

• Hopfen

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grutte, gurte, from Old Dutch *grutti, from Proto-Germanic *grutją.

Noun

grut n ‎(plural grutten, diminutive grutje n)

1. (countable and uncountable) broken-up or grinded grain
2. (countable) small stuff, little things
3. (uncountable) children

Old English

Noun

grūt f ‎(indeclinable, but also dative grȳt)

1. malt mash
   • O. Cockayne, ed.; Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of early England, Master of the Rolls Series, 3 vols. London, 1864-1866; Vol II, page 74, line 9:

     Grút mealtes

Descendants

• Middle English: grout
  • English: grout

References

• grut in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

West Frisian

Adjective

grut ‎(inflected grutte)

1. big, large; great