English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(No language code specified.): /ɡɹiːt/
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Etymology 1
editOld English Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. < West Template:Wt/sco/Proto. Cognate with Dutch Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., German Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.. Compare Old Saxon Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., Old Frisian Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., Dutch Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., Old High German Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., German Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist..
Verb
editgreet (third-person singular semple praisent Wt/sco/greets, praisent pairteeciple Wt/sco/greeting, simple past and past participle Wt/sco/greeted)
- To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.
- My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. -Shak.
- To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
- In vain the spring my senses greets. -Addison.
- To accost; to address.
- Template:Wt/sco/Intransitive To meet and give salutations.
- There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. -Shak.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
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Adjective
editgreet (comparative mair Wt/sco/greet, superlative maist Wt/sco/greet)
Etymology 3
editFrom a blend of two Old English verbs, Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. (cognate with Swedish Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.', Danish Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.) and Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.
Verb
editgreet (third-person singular semple praisent Wt/sco/greets, praisent pairteeciple Wt/sco/greeting, simple past and past participle Wt/sco/greeted)
- Template:Wt/sco/Scottish To weep; cry, lament.
- Divint greet wor lass, he had a canny innins.
Noun
editReferences
edit- The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[1]
- Template:Wt/sco/R:1913
Anagrams
edit- eegrt
- egret
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.
Adjective
edit- great (large, significant)
Descendants
edit- English: great
Scots
editEtymology
editFrom a blend of two Old English verbs, Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. (cognate with Swedish Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.', Danish Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.) and Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittae Wt/sco/greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greetin, simple past grat or grettit, past participle grutten)
Noun
editgreet (uncoontable)
Adjective
editWt/sco/greet (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})
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