grína

See also: grina

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną.

Verb

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

1. to grin, to laugh

Conjugation

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

Synonyms

• flenna
• læa

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	present	past
1st-person singular	grín	grein
2nd-person singular	grínn	greint
3rd-person singular	grínn	grein
1st-person plural	grínum	grinum
2nd-person plural	grínið	grinuð
3rd-person plural	grína	grinu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	grína	grina
2nd-person singular	grínir	grinir
3rd-person singular	gríni	grini
1st-person plural	grínim	grinim
2nd-person plural	grínið	grinið
3rd-person plural	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
  • Swedish: grina
• Danish: grine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grine