English

Pronunciation
IPA|/gɹi:t/
audio|en-us-greet.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|i�t

Etymology 1
OE. gretan#Old English|gr�tan < West Germanic grotja. Cognate with Dutch groeten, German grü�en. Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Dutch groeten, Old High German gruozen, German gru�en "to salute, greet".

Verb
en-verb

1. 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.

1. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

#:In vain the spring my senses greets. -Addison.

1. To accost; to address.
2. intransitive To meet and give salutations.

#:There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. -Shak.

Translations
trans-top|to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
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trans-top|to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad
Finnish: tervehtiä
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trans-top|to accost; to address
Finnish: tervehtiä
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trans-top|intransitive: to meet and give salutations
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Adjective
en-adj

1. context|obsolete|except|_|Scotland great|Great.

Etymology 2
From a blend of two OE. verbs, gretan#Old English|gr�tan (cognate with Swedish gräta, Danish græde) and greotan|gr�otan (of uncertain ultimate origin), both �weep, lament�.

Verb
en-verb

1. context|Scottish|and|Northern English dialect|archaic To weep; cry, lament.

#:Divint greet wor lass, he had a canny innins.

Noun
en-noun|-

1. obsolete mourning|Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

webster

References
R:New Geordie Dictionary 1987
R:Northumberland 1880

Category:Geordie
Category:Northumbrian

Scots

Etymology
From a blend of two OE.|sco verbs, gretan#Old English|gr�tan (cognate with Swedish gräta, Danish græde) and greotan|gr�otan (of uncertain ultimate origin), both �weep, lament�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/grit/

Verb
sco-verb|greets|greetin|grat or grettit|grutten

1. To weep, lament.

Noun
sco-noun|-

1. cry|Cry, lamentation.

Adjective
sco-adj

1. great

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