grætan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === grētan — Anglian, late Kentish === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *grātan, from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep, moan, lament”). Akin to Middle High German grāȥen, Old Norse gráta (“to groan, weep”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan). Compare also Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡræː.tɑn/ === Verb === grǣtan (West Saxon, early Kentish) to weep, cry to bemoan, lament, bewail to deplore ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: greten English: greet Scots: grete, greit, greet