growan
English
Etymology
Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”).
Noun
growan (countable and uncountable, plural growans)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “growan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Old English
Alternative forms
- grōƿan — wynn spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, become green”), Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-, *g(')ʰerə- (“to grow, grow green”). Cognate with Old Frisian grōwa (“to grow”), Middle Dutch groeyen, grōyen (“to grow”) (Dutch groeien), Old High German gruoen (“to grow, thrive, flourish”), Old Norse grōa (“to grow, become green”), Old English græs (“grass”), Old English grēne (“green”). More at grass, green.
Pronunciation
Verb
grōwan
- (of plants) to grow
Conjugation
infinitive | grōwan | grōwenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | grōwe | grēow |
second person singular | grēwst | grēowe |
third person singular | grēwþ | grēow |
plural | grōwaþ | grēowon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | grōwe | grēowe |
plural | grōwen | grēowen |
imperative | ||
singular | grōw | |
plural | grōwaþ | |
participle | present | past |
grōwende | (ġe)grōwen |
Derived terms
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