A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 60

Greding, _sb._ == crying. Alys. 7882

Green, _adj._ RG. 419

---- _sb._ == an open gra.s.s lawn. HD. 2840; in pl. 'greens,' == herbs. Ps.

x.x.xvi. 2

Greet, _v. a._ == salute. RG. 554. AS. gretan

Greet, _v. n._ == weep; part 'i-gret.' HD. 163, 164; 'graten,' Ib. 241; 'igroten,' Ib. 285. AS. graetan

Greeting, _sb._ == salutation. 1238 B.

Greeting, _sb._ == weeping. HD. 166

Greme, _v. a._ == displease. Wright's L. P. p. 36; part 'i-gremet,' O. and N. 931

---- _v. n._ == be displeased [grom]. O. and N. 870. AS. gremian

Grene, = desire? HD. 996. AS. geornan

Greneris, _sb._ == green branches, hence 'greene-ry.' c.o.k. 8

Grenne, _sb._ == grin; 'thou list grenne,' == thou liest a-grin or grinning. Body and Soul, 56

Gressop. Gra.s.shopper. _q. v._

Grete, _sb._ == weeping. Ps. ci. 10

Grey, _adj._ RG. 440, 498

---- _sb._ == gray fur. M. Ode, 183. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192

Greyhound, _sb._ [grif-hound]. Alys. 5284

Greyn, _sb._ == edge. Alys. 6537

Greythe, _v. a._ == make ready. RG. 371, 434. ON. greia

Grieve, _v. a._ RG. 563; part. 'igreved.' St Swithin, 120

Grievance, _sb._ Alys. 965

Grievous, _adj._ RG. 202

Grill, _adj._ == sharp, unkind. Body and Soul, 34. ON. grila

---- _sb._ == sorrow. Wright's L. P. p. 91

Grim, _adj._ HD. 155; 'grim or gore?' HD. 2497

Grimful, _adj._ Signa ante Jud. 156

Grimly, _adv._ RG. 347

Grin, _v. n._ 987 B.

Grind, _v. a._ Pol. S. 69; [gryngen]. Alys. 4443; part. 'ygrounde.' Alys.

5872

Grine, _sb._ == gin, snare. O. and N. 1057; [grinew]. O. and N. 1054

Grip, Gripe, _v. a._ == seize hold of. RG. 22; [grope]. Alys. 1957

Grip, _sb._ == griffin. HD. 572. Alys. 5667

Grip, _sb._ == ditch. HD. 1924

Grise, _v. a._ == agrise, frighten. Body and Soul, 96. AS. a-grsan

Grisful, _adj._ Signa ante Jud. 16

Grisly, _adj._ RG. 415, 566; 'grisloker,' == grislier. RG. 590. AS.

grislic

Grith, _sb._ == peace. HD. 61, 511. AS. gri

Grithbruch, _sb._ == breach of the peace. O. and N. 1043

Grithsergeant, _sb._ HD. 267

Gro, _sb._ == a rich fur. Wright's L. P. p. 26; [groy]. Rel. Ant. ii. p.

217

Groan, _v. n._ RG. 380

Grom. See Greme

Gromyl, _sb._ == the herb 'gromwell,' or Lithospermum officinale. Wright's L. P. p. 27

Grone, _sb._ == a part of a woman's dress. Wright's L. P. p. 27. Fr.

giron. Vid. Roq., and compare 'gronet in grene' in the Anturs of Arthur, at Tarne Wathelan. st. 47

Groom, _sb._ == boy or infant. HD. 790. AS. guma

Grope, _v. a._ == investigate. Alys. 6642

Grope, == feel. O. and N. 1494. AS. gropian