grœða

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grōþijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”).

Verb

grœða (singular past indicative grœddi, plural past indicative grœddu, past participle grœddr)

1. (transitive) to make (land) grown with plants
2. (transitive) to implant
3. (transitive) to heal
4. (transitive, intransitive) to profit, to make (money)

Conjugation

Conjugation of grœða — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	grœða
present participle	grœðandi
past participle	grœddr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	grœði	grœdda
2nd-person singular	grœðir	grœddir
3rd-person singular	grœðir	grœddi
1st-person plural	grœðum	grœddum
2nd-person plural	grœðið	grœdduð
3rd-person plural	grœða	grœddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	grœða	grœdda
2nd-person singular	grœðir	grœddir
3rd-person singular	grœði	grœddi
1st-person plural	grœðim	grœddim
2nd-person plural	grœðið	grœddið
3rd-person plural	grœði	grœddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	grœð, grœði
1st-person plural	grœðum
2nd-person plural	grœðið

Conjugation of grœða — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	grœðask
present participle	grœðandisk
past participle	grœðzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	grœðumk	grœddumk
2nd-person singular	grœðisk	grœddisk
3rd-person singular	grœðisk	grœddisk
1st-person plural	grœðumsk	grœddumsk
2nd-person plural	grœðizk	grœdduzk
3rd-person plural	grœðask	grœddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	grœðumk	grœddumk
2nd-person singular	grœðisk	grœddisk
3rd-person singular	grœðisk	grœddisk
1st-person plural	grœðimsk	grœddimsk
2nd-person plural	grœðizk	grœddizk
3rd-person plural	grœðisk	grœddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	grœðsk, grœðisk
1st-person plural	grœðumsk
2nd-person plural	grœðizk

Related terms

• gróa

Descendants

• Icelandic: græða
• Faroese: grøða
• Norwegian: grøde
• Old Swedish: grø̄þa
  • Swedish: gröda
• Old Danish: grøthæ
  • Danish: grøde