greip

See also: Greip

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreiːp/
• Rhymes: -eiːp

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

Declension of greip (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	greip	greipin	greipar	greiparnar
accusative	greip	greipina	greipar	greiparnar
dative	greip	greipinni	greipum	greipunum
genitive	greipar	greiparinnar	greipa	greipanna

Related terms

• greipa (“to grip, to grasp”)

Etymology 2

Contraction of greipaldin.

Noun

greip n (genitive singular greips, no plural)

1. grapefruit

Declension

Declension of greip (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	greip	greipið
accusative	greip	greipið
dative	greip, greipi	greipinu
genitive	greips	greipsins

Etymology 3

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

Verb

greip

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grep

Verb

greip

1. simple past of gripe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

greip

1. simple past of gripe

Old Norse

Verb

greip

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