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
  • greipa (“to grip, to grasp”)
  • Járngreipr (“Thor's gloves”)

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

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
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