kry - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Dutch krijgen, from Middle Dutch crigen, from Old Dutch *crīgan, from Proto-West Germanic *krīgan. Cognate to German kriegen (“to get”).
kry (present kry, present participle krygende, past participle gekry)
kry f
- inflection of kra:
kry
- Alternative form of cry
kry (present tense kryr, past tense krydde, past participle krytt/krydd, passive infinitive kryast, present participle kryande, imperative kry)
- to teem
kry (neuter singular krytt, definite singular and plural krye, comparative kryare, indefinite superlative kryst, definite superlative kryaste)
- proud of oneself
kry f
- Alternative form of krew
kry f
- inflection of kra:
kry
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kry̑.
kry f
- blood (vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen)
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “krȧ̃”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 479
Likely cognate with Ancient Greek βρύω (brúō). Compare origin of krut.
kry (comparative kryare, superlative kryast)
- kry in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kry in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kry in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kry in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)