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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Gret-wombede], adj. big-bellied, S3.

[ Gretyng], sb. lamentation, S2; gretynge, H.

[ Gretyngful], adj. sorrowful, H.

[ Greuaunce], sb. grievance, hurt, C2; grewance, S3; greuaunces, pl., PP.—OF. grevance.

[ Greue], sb. thicket, grove, MD; greues, pl., S2, CM, HD; grevis, S3.

[ Greuen], v. to grieve, PP, S, C2.—AF. grever, to burden; Lat. gravare.

[ Greuous], adj. grievous, PP; greuousere, comp., W2.

[ Greyce], adj. gray, S3. See [Grys].

[ Grey-hownd], sb. greyhound, leporarius, Voc.; grayhund, Voc.; grayhownd, Voc.; grehunde, Voc.; grehownde, Prompt.; greahund, SkD; grehoundes, pl., S3; greahondes, S3; greihoundes, SkD.—Icel. greyhundr, greyhound; grey, a dog.

[ Greyn], sb. handle, branch, MD; grayn, MD; grayne, WA.—Icel. grein.