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grunne homograph 4

verbverb

to ponder · to muse, to mull over

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt gruna; jamfør lavtysk grunden Old Norse gruna; compare Low German grunden

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

tenke dypt, spekulere, fundere;
grubleto brood, to ponder, to mull things over to think deeply, to speculate, to ponder;
to brood, to mull things overgruble
  • grunne ut en plan to work out a plan
  • grunne over livets mysterier to ponder the mysteries of life
  • jeg ble sittende og grunne på hva jeg skulle svare I sat there mulling over what to reply
brukt som adverb used as an adverb
  • han så grunnende på henne he looked at her pensively
  • hun svarte grunnende she answered thoughtfully