verb, past tense gret, grat weep: It gave my heart such a dunt I grat like a bairn [It gave my heart such a knock I cried like a baby.] la14-.
noun a bout of weeping: Ye aye feel better efter a guid greet. [You always feel better after a good cry.] la14-. etymology: Scots; originally Old English grētan; Gothic grētan; attested by SR, BS in TDITA, JS, SS, BW and DW