greyhound

greyhound
greyhound (n.) O.E. grighund, from grig- "bitch" + hund "dog" (see HOUND (Cf. hound) (n.)). The name usually is said to have nothing to do with color, and most are not gray. The O.N. form of the word is preserved in Hjalti's couplet that almost sparked war between pagans and Christians in early Iceland:
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Vilkat goð geyja

grey þykkjumk Freyja

I will not blaspheme the gods,
but I think Freyja is a bitch

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