Old English · verb
gretan
Normalised grētan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ˈɡreː.tɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈɡreː · tɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- greetaddressfarewellgoodbyemedicallyhave sexhave to dolay hands on
gretan1 · verb
Senses
-
to greet, address
grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.
when mind goes through memory of kinsmen, greets with mirths, eagerly looks through comrades of men. They often swim away.
þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð, -
to say goodbye, bid farewell
-
to touch, handle
-
to have to do with a person; to treat a person medically
-
to have to do with a person; to have sex with a person
-
to attack or lay hands on someone
Conjugation
gretan2 · verb · alternative form
Senses
-
alternative form of grǣtan
Conjugation
All forms (23)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.
From Proto-Germanic *grētaną.
Descendants
greet
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