active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek greini | 1pl | vér greinum | 1sg | ek greina | 1pl | vér greinim |
2sg | þú greinir | 2pl | þér greinið | 2sg | þú greinir | 2pl | þér greinið |
3sg | hon greinir | 3pl | þau greina | 3sg | hon greini | 3pl | þau greini |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek greinda | 1pl | vér greindum | 1sg | ek greinda | 1pl | vér greindim |
2sg | þú greindir | 2pl | þér greinduð | 2sg | þú greindir | 2pl | þér greindið |
3sg | hon greindi | 3pl | þau greindu | 3sg | hon greindi | 3pl | þau greindi |
preterite infinitive | greindu | ||||||
past participle | f. | greind | m. | greindr | n. | greint | |
imperative | 2sg | grein | 1pl | greinum | 2pl | greinið |
middle voice: greinask “branch out; be separated; differ; disagree, quarrel” | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek greinumk | 1pl | vér greinumk | 1sg | ek greinumk | 1pl | vér greinimk |
2sg | þú greinisk | 2pl | þér greinizk | 2sg | þú greinisk | 2pl | þér greinizk |
3sg | hon greinisk | 3pl | þau greinask | 3sg | hon greinisk | 3pl | þau greinisk |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek greindumk | 1pl | vér greindumk | 1sg | ek greindumk | 1pl | vér greindimk |
2sg | þú greindisk | 2pl | þér greinduzk | 2sg | þú greindisk | 2pl | þér greindizk |
3sg | hon greindisk | 3pl | þau greindusk | 3sg | hon greindisk | 3pl | þau greindisk |
past participle | n. | greinzk | |||||
imperative | 2sg | greinsk | 1pl | greinumk | 2pl | greinizk |
Derived from the noun PG *grainō, ON grein “branch,” which gave rise to dialectal MnE grain “bough, branch; prong; fish-spear.”
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