- gréow
- past 3rd sing of grówan
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
gréow
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Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… … Wikipedia
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grew — past tense of GROW (Cf. grow), from O.E. greow, past tense of growan … Etymology dictionary
grow — O.E. growan (of plants) to grow, flourish, increase, develop, get bigger (class VII strong verb; past tense greow, pp. growen), from P.Gmc. *gro (Cf. O.N. groa, O.Fris. groia, Du. groeien, O.H.G. gruoen), from PIE root *ghre (see GRASS (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
grew — [gro͞o] vi., vt. [ME greu < OE greow] pt. of GROW … English World dictionary
