griine

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German grīnan, from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to snarl, show teeth, growl”). Compare Luxembourgish gréngen (“to grizzle, cry”), German greinen (“to whine, moan”), Faroese grína (“to grin, laugh”), Swedish grina (“to weep, cry; to laugh”), Danish grine (“to laugh”).

Verb

griine

1. (Uri) to cry (especially of children)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.