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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Gropien], v. to seize, handle, MD; gropyn, Prompt.; grope, C, C3; grape, palpare, H, Manip.—AS. grápian, from grípan. See [Gripen].

[ Gros], pt. s. reflex. was afraid, S. See [Grisen].

[ Grot], sb. weeping, S, MD. See [Greten].

[ Grot], sb. atom, MD; grotes, pl., S.—AS. grot, particle.

[ Grote], sb. groat, C3, PP; grotte, S3.—OLG. grote, a coin of Bremen; cp. Du. groot, great. Cf. [Gret].

[ Groten], v. to weep, S, MD; see [Greten].

[ Ground], sb. ground, foundation, bottom (of water), MD; grund, S; grounde, PP; gronde, dat., S2; groundes, pl. foundations, S2. Phr.: to grounde com, came to the ground, i.e. was ruined, S2.—AS. grund.

[ Grounden], v. to found; grownden, Prompt.; groundes, 2 pr. s., S2; grounded, pp., S2.

[ Groue], sb. a little wood, Prompt., MD; gravys, pl., S3.—AS. gráf.

[ Grouelings], adv. flat on one’s face, S2; see [Groflinges].