grieven

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From grieve +‎ -en, as though from grief +‎ -en.

Verb[edit]

grieven (third-person singular simple present grievens, present participle grievening, simple past and past participle grievened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief
    • 1905, Marie Hansen Taylor, Lilian Bayard Taylor Kiliani, On Two Continents: Memories of Half a Century, page 83:
      I find that the best train
      Is the morning express train,
      Which leaves Binghamton at 1:20,
      And gives me time enough, plenty,
      To get over the Hudson
      Before you've got your duds done
      On Saturday evening,
      So you needn't be grievening.
    • 1949, Siegfried Sassoon, Collected Poems, page 248:
      Now, in empty room and evening,
      I, that grievening vision facing, []
    • 2004, Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden, page 135:
      His eyes was[sic] still open and that grievened me enough to lean down and close them.
    • 2011, The Oru, Ramblings of a Near Earth-Shattering Nature, page 25:
      The freshness returned
      after Winter's harsh rule,
      Spring's grievened absence
      dismissed
      as her banners
      dance in the sky.

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣri.və(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: grie‧ven
  • Rhymes: -ivən

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch grieven. Equivalent to grief +‎ -en.

Verb[edit]

grieven

  1. (transitive) to emotionally hurt, to cause grief to
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to physically hurt, to damage
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of grieven (weak)
infinitive grieven
past singular griefde
past participle gegriefd
infinitive grieven
gerund grieven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular grief griefde
2nd person sing. (jij) grieft griefde
2nd person sing. (u) grieft griefde
2nd person sing. (gij) grieft griefde
3rd person singular grieft griefde
plural grieven griefden
subjunctive sing.1 grieve griefde
subjunctive plur.1 grieven griefden
imperative sing. grief
imperative plur.1 grieft
participles grievend gegriefd
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

grieven

  1. plural of grief