grædig
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz, from *grēduz (“hunger”), equivalent to grǣd + -iġ. Cognate with Old Saxon gradag, Old High German gratag, Old Norse gráðugr (Danish grådig), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (grēdags, “hungry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡræːdij/
Adjective
grǣdiġ
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | grǣdiġa | grǣdiġe | grǣdiġe | grǣdiġan | nom. | grǣdiġ | grǣdiġ | grǣdiġu | grǣdiġe | grǣdiġu, -e | grǣdiġa, -e | ||
| accusative | grǣdiġan | grǣdiġe | grǣdiġan | acc. | grǣdiġne | grǣdiġ | grǣdiġe | grǣdiġe | grǣdiġu, -e | grǣdiġa, -e | |||
| genitive | grǣdiġan | grǣdiġra, grǣdiġena | gen. | grǣdiġes | grǣdiġes | grǣdiġre | grǣdiġra | ||||||
| dative | grǣdiġan | grǣdiġum | dat. | grǣdiġum | grǣdiġum | grǣdiġre | grǣdiġum | ||||||
| instrumental | grǣdiġe | ||||||||||||
Related terms
- grǣd
- grǣdiġlīċe
Descendants
- Middle English: gredy
- English: greedy
- Scots: gredy, gredie
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