greosan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *greusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰréws-e-. Related to Old Saxon gruri (“fright”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡre͜oː.sɑn/, [ˈɡre͜oː.zɑn]
Conjugation
Conjugation of grēosan (strong class 2)
| infinitive | grēosan | grēosenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | grēose | grēas |
| second person singular | grīest | grure |
| third person singular | grīest | grēas |
| plural | grēosaþ | gruron |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | grēose | grure |
| plural | grēosen | gruren |
| imperative | ||
| singular | grēos | |
| plural | grēosaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| grēosende | (ġe)groren | |
Derived terms
Related terms
- gryre m (“horror”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “greosan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012
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