UrsprungFrom Old Swedish græmia, græma, from Old Norse gremja, from Proto-Germanic *gramjaną. Cognate of German grämen, Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gramjan), Old English gremman. Doublet of gramse.
- to make bitter and irritated
“Det grämde honom att han sålt aktierna så tidigt” — It irked him that he had sold the stocks so early
- reflexiveto fret (often over a mistake)
“Han grämde sig över sitt misstag” — He was beating himself up over his mistake
Formergrämer(present) · grämde(preterite) · grämt(supine) · gräm(imperative) · gräma(active, infinitive) · grämas(infinitive, passive) · grämt(active, supine) · grämts(passive, supine) · gräm(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · grämen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · grämer(active, indicative, present) · grämde(active, indicative, past) · gräms(indicative, passive, present) · grämes(indicative, passive, present) · grämdes(indicative, passive, past) · gräma(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · grämde(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · grämas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)