grasen

See also: gräsen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʀaːzn̩/

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Verb

1. to graze

Derived terms

• Graser
• abgrasen
• ausgrasen
• übergrasen
• vergrasen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• gresen, grese, grase, gresyn

Etymology

From Old English grasian, from Proto-Germanic *grasōną; equivalent to gras +‎ -en (“infinitival ending”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːzən/

Verb

grasen

1. To graze; to consume grass.

Conjugation

Conjugation of grasen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) grasen, grase
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	grase	grased
2nd-person singular	grasest	grasedest
3rd-person singular	graseth	grased
subjunctive singular	grase
imperative singular		—
plural1	grasen, grase	graseden, grasede
imperative plural	graseth, grase	—
participles	grasynge, grasende	grased, ygrased

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: graze

References

• “grāsen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.