A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Grone, _sb._ == a part of a woman’s dress. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr.
giron. Vid. Roq., and compare ‘gronet in grene’ in the Anturs of Arthur,
at Tarne Wathelan. st. 47
Groom, _sb._ == boy or infant. HD. 790. AS. guma
Grope, _v. a._ == investigate. Alys. 6642
Grope, == feel. O. and N. 1494. AS. gropian
Grotes, _sb._ == grouts, small pieces. HD. 472. AS. grút
Grouer, _sb._ == grosvair, a kind of fur. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217
Ground, _sb._ RG. 22
---- _v. a._ == bring to ground. RG. 372
---- == form, constitute. Ps. viii. 4
Groundly, _adv._ == deeply [grundlike]. HD. 651
Groundstathelnes, _sb._ == foundation. Ps. cxxxvi. 7
Groundwall, _sb._ == foundation. Ps. lxxxvi. 1
Grow, _v. n._ RG. 21; pret. ‘greu.’ RG. 470
Gruche, _v. n._ == murmur, grumble. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. Fr. groucer
Grudge, _v. n._ Ps. lviii. 16
Grudging, _sb._ O. and N. 423
Grulde, _vb._ == struck. O. and N. 142. Probably from AS. ‘grillan,’ to
provoke, and hence to keep on touching or striking, so as to irritate. Cf.
the ἐρεθίζειν μάγαδιν of Telestes, ap. Ath. 637 A.
Grund, or Ground, used as an intensifying prefix--‘grund-stalworthe.’ HD.
1027
Grunt, _v. n._ Alys. 5846
Grys, _sb._ == a kind of fur. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. gris. See the
Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ Gryce, and the note there
Guede. A mistake for ‘gnede.’ _q. v._
Guile, _sb._ RG. 538
---- _v. a._ == deceive. Rel. Ant. p. 116
Guiling, _sb._ == deceit. Alys. 3475
Guilt, _v. n._ == sin, become guilty. Ps. cxviii. 67
Guilt, _sb._ 827 B.
Guiltless, _adj._ RG. 327, 509
Guilty, _adj._ 2123 B.
Guise, _sb._ == fashion. Pol. S. 221
Gulte, _vb._ == offends? O. and N. 1521
Gun, _sb._ Alys. 3268
Guodded, _vb._ == stained. Alys. 2374. Fr. guede, woad
Gut, _sb._ RG. 446, 526
Gutter, _sb._ == waterpipe [goter]. Ps. lxxi. 6
Gwinris, _sb._ == guides. Alys. 7244. Fr. guioneres
Gylofre, _sb._ == gilliflower. Wright’s L. P. p. 27
Gyng, _sb._ == host, army, our ‘gang.’ See Genge
Gyngyvre. See Ginger
Gyour, _sb._ == a guide. Alys. 4810. Fr. guicour. Sec Roq. _s. v._
Gysceres. M. Ode, 135. Probably a mistake for ‘gyveres,’ avaricious. AS.
gífer
Gyve, _sb._ Pol. S. 221. W. gefyn
Gywise, _sb._ == judgment. St Kath. 9
H.
Habit, _sb._ == dress. RG. 150, 434
---- == custom. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Hack, _v. a._ RG. 216. Ps. liv. 4
Hahe, == courtyard. See Haȝe
Haie, == wall of a yard. See Haȝe
Hair, _sb._ RG. 560
---- == hairshirt. 259 B.
---- == sackcloth. Ps. xxxiv. 13
Hail, _adj._ == wholesome. Alys. 7036. AS. hǽl
Hail, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 216. AS. hagol
---- _v. n._ [haweli]. 683 β
Hake, _sb._ (the fish). Wright’s L. P. p. 31
Hal, _adj._ == whole. HD. 2370
Hale, _sb._ == a hollow. O. and N. 2. AS. hal, hol
Half, _adj._ RG. 3
---- _sb._ == side. Pol. S. 217
---- _v. a._ == divide in half. Ps. liv. 24
Half, _sb._ == behalf. 1688 B.
Halfendele, _sb._ == half part. RG. 390, 5
Halfman, _sb._ RG. 401
Halfpenny, _sb._ Alys. 3116
Halidom, _sb._ == sacrament. 2290 B. AS. háligdóm
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