grenja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse grenja (to howl).

Verb

grenja (third person singular past indicative grenjaði, third person plural past indicative grenjað, supine grenjað)

  1. to growl

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine grenjað
present past
first singular grenji grenjaði
second singular grenjar grenjaði
third singular grenjar grenjaði
plural grenja grenjaðu
participle (a6)1 grenjandi grenjaður
imperative
singular grenja!
plural grenjið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grenja (to howl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɛnja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnja

Verb

grenja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grenjaði, supine grenjað)

  1. (intransitive) to cry, to cry loudly
    Synonym: skæla
    Farðu að grenja.
    Go cry about it.
  2. (intransitive) to scream, to yell
    Synonym: öskra
  3. (in the present participle grenjandi) pouring, howling
    Synonyms: öskrandi, lemjandi
    Grenjandi rigning.
    Pouring rain.

Conjugation

grenja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur grenja
supine sagnbót grenjað
present participle
grenjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég grenja grenjaði grenji grenjaði
þú grenjar grenjaðir grenjir grenjaðir
hann, hún, það grenjar grenjaði grenji grenjaði
plural við grenjum grenjuðum grenjum grenjuðum
þið grenjið grenjuðuð grenjið grenjuðuð
þeir, þær, þau grenja grenjuðu grenji grenjuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú grenja (þú), grenjaðu
plural þið grenjið (þið), grenjiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

See also