Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Grehoundes, s. pl. greyhounds, A 190.

Greithe, v. prepare, B 3784. See Graythe, Greythe.

Gréne, adj. green, D 861, E 120; of a green colour, F 646; fresh, 11. 5; moss-covered, 5. 122; flourishing, B 1. m 1. 8; pallid, T. ii. 60; as s., green colour, R. 573; A 103, 116, 159, D 1382; green clothing (the colour of inconstancy), 21. 7; a green thing, T. iv. 770; greenness, R. 57; F 54; greenness, living evidence, G 90; green place, green space, 5. 328; L. 282; D 1047, F 862.

Grenehede, s. greenness, wantonness, B 163.

Grenish, adj. greenish, HF. 1647.

Grenning, pres. part. grinning, R. 156.

Gres, s. grass, T. ii. 515; Greses, pl. grasses, HF. 1353. See Gras.

Gret, Grete, adj.; see Greet.

Grete, v. greet; imp. s. L. 2299; Grette, 1 pt. s. 3. 503; L. 116; pt. s. T. iii. 955, v. 293; L. 976, 1485, 1502; B 1051, C 714, E 952, F 1174. A.S. grētan.