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

f-s1	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

Related terms

• greipa (“to grip, to grasp”)

Etymology 2

Contraction of greipaldin.

Noun

greip n (genitive singular greips, nominative plural greip)

1. grapefruit

Declension

declension of greip

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	greip	greipið	greip	greipin
accusative	greip	greipið	greip	greipin
dative	greipi	greipinu	greipum	greipunum
genitive	greips	greipsins	greipa	greipanna

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

• grep

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