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Old English · verb

grindan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈɡrin.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈɡrin · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
grindcrushing

Meaning

  1. to destroy by crushing

  2. to grind

Conjugation

Conjugation of grindan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular grindegrand
2nd singular grinstgrintstgrunde
3rd singular grintgrand
Plural grindaþgrundon
Subjunctive
Singular grindegrunde
Plural grindengrunden
Non-finite forms of grindan
Form
Infinitive grindan
Inflected infinitive grindenne
Imperative singular grind
Imperative plural grindaþ
Present participle grindende
Past participle grundenġegrunden

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną. Compare Albanian grij (“to grind”) and grind (“I brawl, wrangle over”).

Descendants

grind

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