greip

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse greip, from Proto-Germanic *graipō. Cognate with Faroese greipa (two fish tied together), Swedish grep (fork, pitchfork), Dutch greep (grasp, clutches), English grope.

Noun

greip f (genitive singular greipar, nominative plural greipar)

  1. grip, grasp
    Synonyms: grip, tak
Declension
  • greipa (to grip, to grasp)

Etymology 2

Contraction of greipaldin.

Noun

greip n (genitive singular greips, nominative plural greip)

  1. grapefruit
Declension

Etymology 3

Inflected form of grípa (to grip, to grab, to grasp).

Verb

Template:is-verb form

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of grípa

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

greip

  1. simple past of gripe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

greip

  1. simple past of gripe