Old English · adjective

great

Normalised grēat

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ɡræ͜ɑːt/
Syllables: ɡræ͜ɑːt (1 syllable)
Modern English: great gert girt gurt massive coarse tall thick

Meaning

great, massive
tall
thick; stout
coarse

Declension

Strong declension of great
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grēat	grēat	grēat
Accusative	grēatne	grēate	grēat
Genitive	grēates	grēatre	grēates
Dative	grēatum	grēatre	grēatum
Instrumental	grēate	grēatre	grēate
Plural
Nominative	grēate	grēata grēate	grēat
Accusative	grēate	grēata grēate	grēat
Genitive	grēatra	grēatra	grēatra
Dative	grēatum	grēatum	grēatum
Instrumental	grēatum	grēatum	grēatum

Weak declension of great
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grēata	grēate	grēate
Accusative	grēatan	grēatan	grēate
Genitive	grēatan	grēatan	grēatan
Dative	grēatan	grēatan	grēatan
Instrumental	grēatan	grēatan	grēatan
Plural
Nominative	grēatan	grēatan	grēatan
Accusative	grēatan	grēatan	grēatan
Genitive	grēatra grēatena	grēatra grēatena	grēatra grēatena
Dative	grēatum	grēatum	grēatum
Instrumental	grēatum	grēatum	grēatum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”). Cognate with Old Saxon grōt (“large, thick, coarse, stour”), Old High German grōz (“large, thick, coarse”), Old English grot (“particle”). More at groat.

Descendants

gert, girt, great, gurt

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