Noun: grib
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | grib |
| Sg. definite | gribben |
| Pl. indefinite | gribbe |
| Pl. definite | gribbene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | gribs |
| Sg. definite | gribbens |
| Pl. indefinite | gribbes |
| Pl. definite | gribbenes |
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Etymology
1. From Old Danish gryp, from Old Norse gripr (“vulture, griffin”) and Middle Low German grip, via Latin gryps, Derived from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Doublet of grif and kerub.
2. Compare Old Irish gríb (“gyrfalcon, griffin”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
gripr', Latin Nouns '
gryps', Ancient Greek Nouns '
γρύψ'.
Verbs referencing "grib"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
gribb, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
gribb, Old Norse Nouns
gripr.
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