grædig
Old English
adj
Definitions
- (very) hungry, ravenous
- greedy, covetous
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (hungry, greedy) affix from Old English grǣd.
Origin
Old English
grǣd
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gratz English
- grådig Norwegian Bokmål
- *grēdagaz Proto-Germanic
- *grēdaz Proto-Germanic
- *grēdugaz Proto-Germanic
- nocat=1 Proto-Germanic
- girig Swedish
- grådig Norwegian Nynorsk
- grēdiġ Old English
- grǣd Old English
- grǣdiġ Old English
- gráðr Old Norse
- gráðugr Old Norse
- grådig Danish
- gráðugur Icelandic
- gratag Old High German
- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *gernō gmw-pro
- *grādag Old Dutch