Old English · verb

gremman

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈɡrem.mɑn/
Syllables: ˈɡrem · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: annoy irritate

Meaning

to anger; annoy, irritate
to provoke

Conjugation

Conjugation of gremman
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	gremme	gremede
2nd singular	gremest	gremedest
3rd singular	gremeþ	gremede
Plural	gremmaþ	gremedon
Subjunctive
Singular	gremme	gremede
Plural	gremmen	gremeden

Non-finite forms of gremman
	Form
Infinitive	gremman
Inflected infinitive	gremmenne
Imperative singular	greme
Imperative plural	gremmaþ
Present participle	gremmende
Past participle	gremed ġegremed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grammjan, from Proto-Germanic *gramjaną (“to irritate, anger”). Cognate with Old Frisian *gremia, *gremma; Saterland Frisian grääme; Old Saxon *gremian, *gremmian; Old High German gremen, gremmen; German grämen; Old Norse gremja; Icelandic gremja; Norwegian Bokmål gremme; gremmes; Norwegian Nynorsk gremja, gremje, gremma, gremme; Swedish gräma; Danish græmme; Gothic (gramjan).

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