*grētaną

Runic: ᚷᚱᛖᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɣrɛː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 7d

Meanings

to weep, to cry

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (‘to sound’).

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	grētō	grētaų	–
2nd singular	grētizi	grētaiz	grēt
3rd singular	grētidi	grētai	grētadau
1st dual	grētōz	grētaiw	–
2nd dual	grētadiz	grētaidiz	grētadiz
1st plural	grētamaz	grētaim	–
2nd plural	grētid	grētaid	grētid
3rd plural	grētandi	grētain	grētandau

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
grētaną	grētandz	grētanaz

*grātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *grātan (Old Dutch)
  - *greten (Middle Dutch)
    - greten, gretten (Dutch)
    - graten (West Flemish)
*grātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grǣtan (Old English)
  - greten (Middle English)
    - greet (English)
    - grete, greit (Scots)
*grātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- regrater, regreter (Old French)
  - regretten (Middle English)
    - regret (English)
*grātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- regrater, regreter (Old French)
  - regreter, regretter (Middle French)
    - regretter (French)
*grātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *grāȥan (Old High German)
  - grāȥen, grāȥieren (Middle High German)
    - graasse (Alemannic German)
    - grassen (German)
*grātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grātan (Old Saxon)
  - gretten, grötten (Middle Low German)
    - graten (Low German)
gráta (Old Norse)
- gråta (Elfdalian)
- gráta (Faroese)
- grate (Gutnish)
- gráta (Icelandic)
gráta (Old Norse)
- gråta (Norwegian)
  - gråte (Norwegian Bokmål)
gráta (Old Norse)
- grǣtæ (Old Danish)
  - græde (Danish)
  - grǽda (Scanian)
gráta (Old Norse)
- grāta (Old Swedish)
  - gråta (Swedish)
𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan) (Gothic)