A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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
