gronen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === grane, gron, grone, groni, gronyn, groone granien, granin (Early Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English grānian, from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną, a derivative of *grīnaną (which didn't leave any descendants in Middle English). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔ̝ːnən/ IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑːnən/ (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈɡraːn/ (Northern) === Verb === gronen To groan; to make a groaning or moaning sound: To groan or cry due to birth pangs. To groan as an animal; to make beastly calls. To mumble, especially to protest (compare modern English moan in semantics). To develop or have an illness or disease. (rare) To pass away; to suffer from death. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== gron gronynge ==== Descendants ==== English: groan Scots: grane, grain ==== References ==== “grōnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 February 2019.