grein

From Middle Dutch grein (“a grain”), from French grain (“a grain”), from Latin grānum (“a grain”). Doublet with Dutch graan (“grain”), which descended directly from Latin grānum (“a grain”).

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grein n (plural greinen, diminutive greintje n)

1. a small something; a grain

• grofgrein, grofgreinen

• → Papiamentu: grein (dated), krenchi (from the diminutive)

From Old Norse grein.

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grein f (genitive singular greinar, plural greinar or greinir)

1. branch
2. article (in a newspaper, dictionary, ...)
3. (law) paragraph, article

• blað
• leyv
• leyvfellandi

grein

1. imperative singular of greina

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

grein

1. singular imperative of greinen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of greinen

From Old Norse grein.

• IPA^(key): /kreiːn/

  Rhymes: -eiːn

grein f (genitive singular greinar, nominative plural greinar or greinir)

1. branch
2. article, piece

   Þetta er góð grein sem þú skrifaðir.

   This article you wrote is good.

3. subject, field

• greinir

• greni, negri

grein

1. alternative form of greyn

From Old Norse grein.

grein f or m (definite singular greina or greinen, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)

1. alternative form of gren

• greine (verb)
• greinkryper

grein

1. imperative of greine

• “grein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɛɪːn/

From Old Norse grein.

grein f (definite singular greina, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)

1. a branch (of a tree etc.)

• greine (verb)

grein

1. past of grina

• “grein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“twig, branch, limb”), of unknown origin, but compare the verb greina (“to separate into parts, divide”).

Related to Old English grǣfa, grāf (whence English grove), dialectal Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), dialectal Norwegian grivla (“to branch”).

grein f (genitive greinar, plural greinir)

1. branch (of a tree)
2. point, head, part

   í annarri grein ― in second place

3. cause, reason

   fyrir þá grein ― for that reason

4. distinction
5. understanding, discernment

   gløggrar greinar ― sharpwitted

6. dissent, discord

   vald fyrir utan alla grein ― undisputed power

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “grein”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

grein

1. second-person singular imperative of greina
2. inflection of grína:
   1. first-person singular past indicative
   2. third-person singular past indicative