Icelandic

Verb

greina ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative greindi, supine greint)

1. to discern, to distinguish, to separate
   • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)

     Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.

     And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

2. (with accusative) to analyse ^syn.
3. (of a disease, with accusative) to diagnose
4. (with accusative) to make something out, to discern
5. (impersonal)

   Okkur greinir á um þetta.

   We disagree about this.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Synonyms

• aðgreina
• kryfja

Noun

greina

1. indefinite accusative plural of greinir
2. indefinite genitive plural of greinir

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• greinen

Noun

greina m, f

1. definite feminine singular of grein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

greina f

1. definite singular of grein