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OLOSSARIAL INDEX, AND INDEX OF NAMES. 381
Grecen ((ireken), gen. jil. of the
Greeks, 3216.
Gredely, adv. greedily, eagerly, 1435.
Gree, a. victory, superiority, 3518,
3651, 3756, 5456; (Gre), 994,
1883, 2278. O.F. gre, from Lat.
gradus. See Gre.
Grefe, s. grief, 1285 ;
harm, 4157 ;
Gref (Grefe), grief, trouble, 2435.
(Grefully), adv. extremely, 973. Put
for gref-fuUy, i. e. grievously.
Grege (Grig), s. grig, cricket, 1753,
Greke, the Greek language, 5009.
Grekin, Grecian, 5504, 5639.
Grekis (Grekez), pi. Greeks, 986,
1179, 1279, &c.
Greme, s. anger, 4157. Icel. gremi.
(Gremly), adj. terrible, 726*.
Grene, adj. green, 5536.
Grese, a. grass, herbs, 338.
Grete, a. a kind of stone, 1330.
Properly gravel ' (A.S. greot)
;
'
but see examples in Miitzner,
s. V. greot, of its use for sepulchral
purposes.
Grete, adj. great, 26, 65, 358, 852,
1809 ;
great with child, 459 ;
(Grett), 1873 ;
great (one), 1.S47 ;
Gret (Grete), 1254 ;
(Gret), 1352.
Grete, ger. to weep, 872, 5042 ; v.
3159; Gretis,25r.8. 3320; (Gretes),
1285 ;
(Grettez), 973 ;
Grete, pr.
pi. \p. weep, 4370 ;
Gretis, pr.pi.
155. K.^.grdtan.
(Grethest), adj. auperl. most excellent,
1591. (But read gretteat, as
in the Ashmole MS.)
Gretis,pr.«. greets, 79, 535; (Gretes),
1488; pr.pl. 1603; Grete (Gret),
1 pt. a. saluted, 1623.
Gretly, adv. greatly, 472 ;
(Grettly),
2746.
Gretter, adj. comp. greater, 5300
Grettir, 1334 ;
(Gretter), 1267.
Grettest, adj. auperl. greatest, 271 ;
(Grethest, wrongly), 1591 ;
(Gretest),
1904, 1911 ;
Grettist, 307.
Grettis, pi. great (men), 3651.
Gretyng, a. weeping, 3238.
Greues, i^r. ^^. pain, 2012.
Greues, pi. greaves, 3898.
Greues, pi. groves, 4044 ; Greuys,
4584, 4953; Greues (Gravez),
2857.
Greuously, adv. grievously, 973,
2787 ; Greuosly, 796.
Greuys, pr. a. grieves, 472 ; Greued
(Grefyd), pt. a. grieved, harmed,
2544 ; Greued, pp. grieved, vexed,
troubled, 874 ; Greuvd (Grevyde),
1342; (Greved), 1467; Greues
(Grefez), imp. pi. grieve, 2434.
Grew, pt. a. 1 p. grew, became, 3280.
Grew, Greek, 4710, 5012.
Grew, a. (for Gree), degree, bit,
3270. (The Dublin MS. haa dele.)
It can hardly be the Gk. ypv.
Grewis, pi. groves, 4725. See
Greues.
Gridis, pi. outcries, 544.
Such seems
to be the sense ; but the preservation
of this O.F. form gride is
remarkable, as the usual O.F.
form is always cri; only Italian
has the form grido, a cry, shriek,
outcry. The Span, has grita, but
grida occurs in 0. Spanish. See
Diez, s. V. gridare.
Griffons, pi. griffins, 54.39, 5518.
Grindand, prea. pt. grinding, 4552,
Gripis, pr. pi. seize, 5453.
Gripis, pi. vultures, 5439 ;
Gripis
gripis of our gomes, vultures
seize upon our men, 5453.
Grippis, pi. pangs, 544.
Grisely, adj. grisly, horrible, 4728 ;
adv. frightfully, 3870.
Gro, a. shuddering, horror, 3238.
{But perhapa read grone, as in
Dublin MS.) Cf. Dan. grit,
horror.
Groched, pp. begrudged, 1467.
Grofe, s. cave, 5394. Orove is the
regular word for 'mine' among
the Derbyshire miners ; E. D. S.
Gloss. B. 10.
(Grome), a. man, 2101.
Grond, a. ground, land, 3077, 4705
origin, 6410 ;
(Ground), ground,
2787, 2857 ; Gronde, ground, 188 ;
(Grund), land, 1973; (Grunde),
ground, 1215. See Ground.
Gronde, pr. pi. 2 p. ground, found
(upon), base (upon), rely (upon),
4490. See Grond.
(Grone), a. groaning, 3238.
Groned, pt. 8. groaned, grunted,
4743.