græs

From Old Norse gras (“grass”), from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“grow, become green”).

græs n (singular definite græsset, plural indefinite græsser)

1. grass

• citrongræs

• “græs” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “græs” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

græs

1. alternative form of gras

• gærs

From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“grow, become green”). Cognate with Old Frisian gres, Old Saxon gras, Old High German gras, Old Norse gras, Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras).

• IPA^(key): /ɡræs/

græs n (nominative plural grasu)

1. grass
   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:

     God sylf ġesēah ða ðæt hit gōd was swā, and hēt ðā eorðan ardlīċe spryttan growende gærs and ðā grēnan wyrta mid heora āgenum sǣde...ðā wyrta sōna wynsumlīċe grēowon mid meniġfealdum blōstmum mislīċe ġeblēode.

     God himself saw that it was very good, and ordered the earth to immediately sprout forth growing grass and the green herbs with their own seeds...and the plants soon grew pleasantly with manyfold blossoms of various colors.

Strong a-stem:

• hīeġ

• grasian
• græsgrēne
• græshoppa
• græsstapa

• Middle English: gras, grasse, gresse, gres, gers, grece, græs, grace, gars, grys, grisse, grese
  • English: grass
    • Tok Pisin: gras, garas
    • Fiji Hindi: giraas
  • Scots: gress, gres, grais, graiss, grase, gers, girs