A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Gref], sb. grief, MD; greeue, dat., G.—OF. gref, from Lat. gravem, heavy.

Gre-hounde; see [Greyhownd].

[ Greit], sb. grit, S3; see [Greot].

[ Greith], adj. ready, PP; graith, exact, direct, PP, S2; grayþ, PP; grayþest, superl., PP, S2; graith, adv., S3.—Icel. greiðr, ready: Goth. ga-raids, exact.

[ Greiðen], v. to prepare, SD; graithe, H, HD; grathis, pr. s., dresses, S3; graithed, pt. s., S2; greythede, S; greithide, S2; greithede, pl., S2; greythed, pp., S; greȝȝþedd, S; greþþed, S; graythed, HD, S2; i-greiðet, S; y-greiðed, S3; graid, H.—Icel. greiða.

[ Greiðliche], adv. readily, PP; graithly, PP, HD; graythely, S2; gratheli, S2.

[ Gremien], v. to vex, to be angry, MD, S; greme, S; ȝe-gremed, pp., S.—AS. gremian. See [Gramien].

[ Grene], sb. snare; see [Grin].

[ Grene], adj. and sb. green, S, PP, S2, C2, C3; greyne, B.—AS. gréne: OS. gróni; cp. OHG. gruoni (Tatian).

[ Grenehede], sb. greenness, wantonness, S2, C3.