gróa

From Old Norse gróa, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”).

• Rhymes: -ouːa

gróa (ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative greri or gréri, supine gróið)

1. to grow
2. to heal

   Sárið grær ekki.

   The wound doesn't heal.

• One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being núa (“to rub, massage; to wipe”), snúa (“to turn”) and róa (“to row”).
• As with the other ri-verbs, the past tense greri was originally pronounced with an e sound but is today pronounced with a é sound. There are therefore two spelling variants used: greri and gréri. The Icelandic Ministry of Education considers both variants to be equally correct,[1] but many speakers consider the original greri spelling to be the more correct one.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (grow): vaxa
• (heal): verða heill

From Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Old English grōwan, Old Frisian grōwa, grōa, grōia, Old Dutch gruoien, Old High German gruoen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡroːɑ/

gróa (singular past indicative greri, plural past indicative greru, past participle gróinn)

1. to grow (of plants)