gronen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English grānian, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną, a derivative of *grīnaną (a verb which didn't leave any descendants in Middle English).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔːnən/
  • (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑːnən/

Verb

gronen

  1. To groan; to make a groaning or moaning sound:
    1. To groan or cry due to birth pangs.
    2. To groan as an animal; to make beastly calls.
  2. To mumble, especially to protest (compare modern English moan in semantics).
  3. To develop or have an illness or disease.
  4. (rare) To pass away; to suffer from death.

Conjugation
Conjugation of gronen (weak)
infinitive (to) gronen
indicative present past
1st person singular grone gronede
2nd person singular gronest gronedest
3rd person singular groneþ, groneth gronede
plural gronen groneden
subjunctive present past
singular grone gronede
plural gronen groneden
imperative present
singular grone
plural groneþ, groneth
participle present past
gronende, groninge groned, ygroned

Descendants

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