grína

See also: grina

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

grína (third person singular past indicative grein, third person plural past indicative grinið, supine grinið)

  1. to grin, to laugh

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-35)
infinitive
supine grinið
present past
first singular gríni grein
second singular grínur greinst
third singular grínur grein
plural grína grinu
participle (a26)1 grínandi grinin
imperative
singular grín!
plural grínið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grīnaną.

Verb

grína (present indicative grínn, past indicative singular grein, past indicative plural grinu, past participle grininn)

  1. to grin

Conjugation

Conjugation of grína — active (strong class 1)
infinitive grína
present participle grínandi
past participle grininn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular grín grein grína grina
2nd person singular grínn greint grínir grinir
3rd person singular grínn grein gríni grini
1st person plural grínum grinum grínim grinim
2nd person plural grínið grinuð grínið grinið
3rd person plural grína grinu gríni grini
imperative present
2nd person singular grín
1st person plural grínum
2nd person plural grínið

Descendants

  • Icelandic: grína
  • Faroese: grína
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grina
  • Elfdalian: graina
  • Old Swedish: *grīna
  • Danish: grine