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

Related terms

• greipa (“to grip, to grasp”)

Etymology 2

Contraction of greipaldin.

Noun

greip n (genitive singular greips, nominative plural greip)

1. grapefruit

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