grete

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === greet girt, gert (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old English grēat (“big”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrɛːt/ === Adjective === grete (comparative gretter or greter, superlative grettest or gretest) great, massive, amazing ==== Descendants ==== English: great, gert, girt, gurt (dialectal) → Welsh: grêt Scots: great, greet, grete, greit, graat (Shetland) Yola: graat ==== References ==== “grēt, adj. & adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡreː.te/ === Verb === grēte inflection of grētan: first-person singular present indicative singular present/preterite subjunctive second-person singular preterite indicative == Portuguese == === Verb === grete inflection of gretar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative