grina

• grinene

grina n

1. definite plural of grin

• IPA^(key): /²ɡriː.nɑ/

From Old Norse grína, from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną.

• grine (e- and split infinitives)

• IPA^(key): /²ɡriː.nɑ/

grina (present tense grin, past tense grein, supine grine, past participle grinen, present participle grinande, imperative grin)

1. to cry
2. to grimace
3. to have openings, not be tight

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriː.nɑ/

grina n

1. definite plural of grin

• “grina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse grína, from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriːˌna/

grina (present grinar, preterite grinade, supine grinat, imperative grina)

2. (somewhat childish or regional) to cry (weep)

   Synonym: gråta

   Olle började grina när Lisa slog honom

   Olle started crying when Lisa hit him

   grina för minsta lilla

   cry at the slightest thing

3. to grimace (contort the face, for example due to pain)

   grina illa

   grimace [usually due to pain (especially from sports injuries) – or from strong dislike or the like]

   (literally, “grimace badly [severely in a bad way]”)

   en grinande dödskalle

   a grinning skull [idiomatically, though focusing more on the "grimace" in Swedish (evoking a more macabre feeling)]

4. to smile

   hångrina ― smile a mocking smile

   grina upp sig ― put on a (put-on) smile

5. (dialectal, chiefly Scania and Finland) to laugh

Especially of children crying in (sense 1), and so by association often (but not always) of crying due to less serious causes, especially when of adults (or otherwise often with a somewhat dismissive tone, similar to lipa). Can be more neutral when of children, and also include crying for more serious reasons. The association is to cry in the manner of a child, roughly, without inherent implications.

• grinig

• böla
• fälla tårar
• lipa
• tjuta
• yla

• grina in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grina in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grina in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• ringa