griine
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Alemannic German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German grīnan, from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to snarl, show teeth, growl”). Compare Luxembourgish gréngen (“to grizzle, cry”), German greinen (“to whine, moan”), Faroese grína (“to grin, laugh”), Swedish grina (“to weep, cry; to laugh”), Danish grine (“to laugh”).
Verb[edit]
griine
References[edit]
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.