English Explanatory Dictionary

grindylow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A folkloric creature, said to inhabit water and to grab children with its long sinewy arms and drown them.

Word forms

grindylow grindylows grundylow

Etymology

Possibly connected to Grendel, the monster from the epic Beowulf.

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