greiða
Faroese
verb
Definitions
- to straighten out, to order, to arrange, to unknot
- to comb
- to answer, to resolve
- to prepare
- to commit, to deliver, to give over
- greiða frá: to tell, to report, to recount, to explain
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse greiða (arrange, fit out, comb, make ready, disentangle, prepare) inherited from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (arrange, set in order, prepare, put in order).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*garaidijaną
Gloss
arrange, set in order, prepare, put in order
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process