greet

adj

Etymology: From Middle English greet, grete (“great”).

1. Great.

name

1. A surname.
2. A village in Winchcombe parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0229).
3. A hamlet in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9255)
4. A suburb in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1084).
5. A minor river in Nottinghamshire, England, which joins the River Trent at Fiskerton (Notts.).

noun

Etymology: From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament". Possibly reinforced in Northern England and Scotland by Old Norse gráta, whence also Danish græde, Norwegian gråte, Swedish gråta, all meaning "to cry, to weep".

1. Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

verb

Etymology: From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament". Possibly reinforced in Northern England and Scotland by Old Norse gráta, whence also Danish græde, Norwegian gråte, Swedish gråta, all meaning "to cry, to weep".

1. To weep; to cry.

   “And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].”

   “My maw went potty and started greeting.”