Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
GRIMLY, _adv._ in an ugly way, R. 161.
GRIMNESSE, _s._ horror, I 864.
GRINDE, _v._ grind; Grint, _pr. s._ grinds, HF. 1798; D 389; Grond, _pt.
s._ 9. 15; Grounden, _pp._ G 760.
GRINDING, _s._ toll for grinding, A 4314.
GRINTE, _pt. s._ grinned, D 2161. For _grente_, from M.E. _grennien_; pt.
t. _grennede_, _grente_. And see A.S. _grennian_.
GRINTINGE, _s._ gnashing (of teeth), I 208. Cf. Grinte.
GRISEL, _s._ name given to an old man, whose hair is gray (lit. old horse),
16. 35. O.F. _gris_, gray. Godefroy gives O.F. _grisel_, gray; also, a gray
horse.
GRISLY, _adj._ horrible, terrible, awful, 7. 3; T. iv. 155; L. 637, 1219,
2238; A 1363, 1971, B 3299, C 473, D 735, E 2233, F 859, I 177, 623; very
serious, T. ii. 1700.
GROBBE, _v._ dig, grub (up), 9. 29.
GROME, _s._ man; _gr. and wenche_, man and woman, HF. 206; Gromes. _pl._
men, R. 200.
GROND, _s._; see GROUND.
GROND, _pt. s. of_ Grinde.
GRONE, _ger._ to groan, T. i. 360, 915; Gronen, v. B 4076; Groneth, _pr.
s._ A 3646, D 1829; Gronte, _pt. s._ B 3899.
GROPE, _v._ try, test, examine, A 644; _ger._ to search out, D 1817;
Gropeth, _pr. s._ gropes, L. 2186; Groped, _pt. s._ A 4217; Grope, _1 pr.
pl._ G 679; _imp. s._ D 2141, G 1236.
GR[)O]T, _s._ particle, atom, D 1292. A.S. _grot_, a particle.
GR[=O]TE, _s._ groat, (Dutch) coin, T. iv. 586, B 4148, C 945; Grotes,
_pl._ C 376, D 1964.
GROUND, _s._ ground, foundation, support, I. 87; 4. 160; T. ii. 842,
texture (of a garment), A 453; Grond, ground, A. ii. 29. 15.
GROUNDE, _v._; Grounded, _pp._ well instructed, A 414; founded, T. iv.
1672.
GROUNDEN, _pp. of_ Grinde.
GROVE, _s._ A 1505, 1514, B 4013, C 762. See GREVE.
GROWE, _v._; Growen, _pr. pl._ increase, T. iii. 1760; Growed, _weak pt.
s._ grew, D 759; Growe, _strong pp._ grown, T. ii. 403.
GROYN (1), _s._ (a swine's) snout, I 156. O.F. _groin_, 'extremite;'
Godefroy.
GROYN (2), _s._ murmur, T. i. 349. O.F. _groin_, 'gronderie, grognerie;'
Godefroy.
GROYNING, _s._ murmuring, A 2460. See above.
GRUCCHE, _v._ murmur, T. iii. 643; A 3863, E 170, I 1051; _ger._ to murmur
at, E 354; to grumble, D 443; Gruccheth, _pr. s._ murmurs, A 3045, I 500;
Grucchen, _1 pr. s._ murmur, A 3058; Grucched, _pt. s._ I 502.
GRUCCHING, _s._ grumbling, complaining, murmuring, D 406, I 499, 663.
GRUF, _adv._ on their faces, grovellingly, in a grovelling posture, T. iv.
912; A 949, B 1865. Cf. Icel. _[=a] gr[=u]fu_, face downwards.
GRUNTINGE, _for_ Grintinge, I 208 _n_.
GRUWEL, _s._ gruel, T. iii. 711.
GRYPEN, _ger._ to grasp, R. 204; Grype, R. 1156.
GRYS, _adj._ gray, G 559; _pomely grys_, i.e. dapple-gray.
GRYS, _s._ a gray fur, A 194. See note.
GUERDON, _s._ recompense, meed, reward, R. 1526; T. v. 594; L. 1662; B
3820, D 1878, F 973, 1220; rewarding, B 4. p 3. 43; _him to g._, as a
reward for him, L. 2052; Guerdoun, T. i. 818; HF. 619; service, B 3. p 4.
37; Guerdons, _pl._ B 2242.
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