gniden

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === gnyde === Etymology === From Old English gnīdan (“to rub, grind together, crumble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnīdan, from Proto-Germanic *gnīdaną (“to rub, crush”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneydʰ-, *gʰneyd- (“to gnaw, chew, scratch, rub”); compare gnodden. Cognate with Danish gnide (“to rub”), Swedish gnida (“to rub, scrape”), Icelandic gníða (“to rub”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡniːdən/ === Verb === gniden (third-person singular simple present gnideth, present participle gnidynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative *gnod, past participle gniden) (rare) To grind by rubbing together. To rub; to smear. To crush; to crumble. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== gnodden (all senses) ==== References ==== “gnīden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Swedish == === Adjective === gniden (comparative mer gniden, superlative mest gniden) stingy, cheap Synonyms: gnidig, snål ==== Declension ==== === References === “gniden”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gniden”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gniden”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)