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græs

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See also: GRAS, Gras, Graś, gras, graś, gräs, grás, grãs, and græs'

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish græs, from Old Norse gras (grass), from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (grow, become green).

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Noun

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græs n (singular definite græsset, plural indefinite græsser)

  1. grass

Declension

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Declension of græs
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative græs græsset græsser græsserne
genitive græs' græssets græssers græssernes

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Middle English

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Noun

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græs

  1. alternative form of gras

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (grow, become green). Cognate with Old Frisian gres, Old Saxon gras, Old High German gras, Old Norse gras, Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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græs n (nominative plural grasu)

  1. grass
    • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil[1]:
      God sylf ġesēah ða ðæt hit gōd was swā, and hēt ðā eorðan ardlīċe spryttan growende gærs and ðā grēnan wyrta mid heora āgenum sǣde...ðā wyrta sōna wynsumlīċe grēowon mid meniġfealdum blōstmum mislīċe ġeblēode.
      God himself saw that it was very good, and ordered the earth to immediately sprout forth growing grass and the green herbs with their own seeds...and the plants soon grew pleasantly with manyfold blossoms of various colors.

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