Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (1)
1. to greet, hail; to address, speak to; 2. to approach
Etymology
[Mod E GREET ← Prot-Germ *grōtjan; O Fris grēta “to complain; to greet”; O Sax grōtian “to speak to; to address”; Dt groeten “to greet”; OHG gruozen “to make angry, irritate; to speak to; to greet” (Mod G grüßen “to greet”); Icel græta “to make somebody weep”]
Paradigm
4.2.1 (a)
(a) with a short root vowel
I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to plough | erian | erede |
to perform, commit | fremman | fremede |
(b) with a long root vowel
I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to feed | fédan | fédde |
to keep, observe | cépan | cépte |
to send | sendan | sende |
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