Participles
| Present | grǣtende |
| Past | (ġe)grǣten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | grǣte |
| 2nd sing. | grǣtst |
| 3rd sing. | grǣtt; grǣt |
| 1st plur. | grǣtaþ |
| 2nd plur. | grǣtaþ |
| 3rd plur. | grǣtaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | grēt |
| 2nd sing. | grēte |
| 3rd sing. | grēt |
| 1st plur. | grēton |
| 2nd plur. | grēton |
| 3rd plur. | grēton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | grǣte |
| 2nd sing. | grǣte |
| 3rd sing. | grǣte |
| 1st plur. | grǣten |
| 2nd plur. | grǣten |
| 3rd plur. | grǣten |
Past
| 1st sing. | grēte |
| 2nd sing. | grēte |
| 3rd sing. | grēte |
| 1st plur. | grēten |
| 2nd plur. | grēten |
| 3rd plur. | grēten |
Imperative
| Singular | grǣt |
| Plural | grǣtaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'grætan'
grætan,
Verbs similar to 'grætan'
grædan,
gretan,
arædan,
aræfan,
aræman,
aræran,
bætan,
begrætan,
blætan,
brædan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *grātan, from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep, moan, lament”).
2. Akin to Middle High German grāȥen, Old Norse gráta (“to groan, weep”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan). Compare also Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*grētaną', Middle High German '
grāȥen'.
Sample Sentences