/ˈɡriːˌna/
UrsprungFrom Old Norse grína, from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną.
- childish, regionalto cry (weep)
“Olle började grina när Lisa slog honom” — Olle started crying when Lisa hit him
“grina för minsta lilla” — cry at the slightest thing
- to grimace (contort the face, for example due to pain)
“grina illa” — grimace [usually due to pain (especially from sports injuries) – or from strong dislike or the like]
“en grinande dödskalle” — a grinning skull [idiomatically, though focusing more on the "grimace" in Swedish (evoking a more macabre feeling)]
- to smile
“hångrina” — smile a mocking smile
“grina upp sig” — put on a (put-on) smile
- Finland, Southern, dialectalto laugh
Formergrinar(present) · grinade(preterite) · grinat(supine) · grina(imperative) · grina(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · grinat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · grina(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · grinen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · grinar(active, indicative, present) · grinade(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · grina(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · grinade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)