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grenja
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Faroese
Etymology
Verb
grenja (third person singular past indicative grenjaði, third person plural past indicative grenjað, supine grenjað)
- to growl
Conjugation
1Only the past participle being declined.
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Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
grenja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grenjaði, supine grenjað)
- (intransitive) to cry, to cry loudly
- Synonym: skæla
- Farðu að grenja.
- Go cry about it.
- (intransitive) to scream, to yell
- Synonym: öskra
- (in the present participle grenjandi) pouring, howling
- Synonyms: öskrandi, lemjandi
- Grenjandi rigning.
- Pouring rain.
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
See also
- mígandi rigning, rigna eldi og brennisteini (“to rain cats and dogs”)
- vælubíllinn
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