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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

_gratus_, pleasing.
  Grece, step, B. 1590.
  Gredirne, gridiron, B. 1277.
  Greffe, grief, A. 86.
  Greme, _adj._ displeasing, C. 42; wrath, B. 16, 947; _vb._ to make
    angry, displease, B. 138, 1347. A.S. _gremian_, to displease.
  Greme, spot, blemish, A. 465. Norse _grima_, a spot.
  Gresse, grass, A. 10, 245; B. 1028.
  Grete, the whole, A. 637, ? altogether A. 851; a _grete_, in the
    gross--a head, A. 560.
  Grete, weep, A. 331. A.S. _grætan_, Prov.E. _greet_.
  Gretyng, _sb._ weeping, B. 159.
  Greue, grieve, A. 471; B. 138, 302, 306.
  Greue, grove, A. 321; B. 99.
  Greuing, _sb._ sorrowing, grief, B. 159.
  Gromylyoun, the herb _gromwell_, grey millet, (Lithospermum
    officinale), A. 43. “_Gromaly_ herbe. Milium solis.” (Prompt. Parv.)
  Grone, groan, B. 1077.
  Gropande, searching, trying, B. 591. A.S. _grápian_, to touch, feel,
    seize, grope. O.N. _greipa_.
  Gropyng, _sb._ handling, B. 1102.
  Grounde, ground, sharpened, A. 654.
  Groundeleȝ, bottomless, C. 310.
  Grouelyng, on the face, A. 1120. O.N. _grufa_; _grufa nidr_, to stoop
    down. _Liggia á grufu_, to lie face downwards, to lie groveling.
  Gruche, begrudge, B. 1347.
  Gruȝt, _pret._ of _gruche_, B. 810.
  Grychchyng, _sb._ murmuring, repining, C. 53.
  Grym, black, A. 1070.
  Grymly, sharply, A. 654; roughly, B. 1534.
  Grymme, horrible, B. 1553; sharp, B. 1696. A.S. _grim_; _grimm_, fury,
    rage; sharp, bitter; “a _grym_ toole,” T. B. 938.
  Grynde, A. 81.
  Gryndel, angry, C. 524. Norse _grina_, wry the mouth; _grinall_, sour
    looking. Du. _grinnen_, _grinden_, to grin, snarl.
  Grysly, horrible, B. 1534. A.S. _grislíc_, horrible; _a-grísan_, to
    dread, fear greatly.
  Gryspyng, _sb._ gnashing of the teeth. A.S. _grist-bítung_.
  Gryste, dirt (?), A. 465.
  Guere, gear, B. 1505.
  Guferes, evidently an error for _guteres_, C. 310. See T. B. 3072. See
    extract under word _gote_.
  {Gult, Gulte,} guilt, A. 942; B. 690.
  Gulty, guilty, C. 210, 285.
  Gut, C. 280.
  Gyde-ropes, C. 105.
  Gye, govern, B. 1598. Fr. _guider_; _guier_, direct, guide.
  Gyle, guile, A. 671, 688; C. 285.
  Gylt, guilt, B. 731.
  Gylteȝ, A. 655.
  Gyltleȝ, guiltless, A. 668.
  Gyltyf, guilty, A. 669.
  Gyn, machine; applied to the ark, B. 491; to a boat, C. 146.
  Gyng, company, A. 455. A.S. _genge_. See T. B. 1225.
      “Þan was Jacob busked yare,
      Wit al þe _gynge_ þat wit him ware.”
        --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 30a.)
  Gyngure, ginger, A. 43.
  Gyse, guise, A. 1099.
  Gyternere, A. 91. Fr. _guiterre_; _guiterne_, a gittern. (Cot.) Lat.
    _cithara_, a harp.

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

_gratus_, pleasing.
  Grece, step, B. 1590.
  Gredirne, gridiron, B. 1277.
  Greffe, grief, A. 86.
  Greme, _adj._ displeasing, C. 42; wrath, B. 16, 947; _vb._ to make
    angry, displease, B. 138, 1347. A.S. _gremian_, to displease.
  Greme, spot, blemish, A. 465. Norse _grima_, a spot.
  Gresse, grass, A. 10, 245; B. 1028.
  Grete, the whole, A. 637, ? altogether A. 851; a _grete_, in the
    gross--a head, A. 560.
  Grete, weep, A. 331. A.S. _grætan_, Prov.E. _greet_.
  Gretyng, _sb._ weeping, B. 159.
  Greue, grieve, A. 471; B. 138, 302, 306.
  Greue, grove, A. 321; B. 99.
  Greuing, _sb._ sorrowing, grief, B. 159.
  Gromylyoun, the herb _gromwell_, grey millet, (Lithospermum
    officinale), A. 43. “_Gromaly_ herbe. Milium solis.” (Prompt. Parv.)
  Grone, groan, B. 1077.
  Gropande, searching, trying, B. 591. A.S. _grápian_, to touch, feel,
    seize, grope. O.N. _greipa_.
  Gropyng, _sb._ handling, B. 1102.
  Grounde, ground, sharpened, A. 654.
  Groundeleȝ, bottomless, C. 310.
  Grouelyng, on the face, A. 1120. O.N. _grufa_; _grufa nidr_, to stoop
    down. _Liggia á grufu_, to lie face downwards, to lie groveling.
  Gruche, begrudge, B. 1347.
  Gruȝt, _pret._ of _gruche_, B. 810.
  Grychchyng, _sb._ murmuring, repining, C. 53.
  Grym, black, A. 1070.
  Grymly, sharply, A. 654; roughly, B. 1534.
  Grymme, horrible, B. 1553; sharp, B. 1696. A.S. _grim_; _grimm_, fury,
    rage; sharp, bitter; “a _grym_ toole,” T. B. 938.
  Grynde, A. 81.
  Gryndel, angry, C. 524. Norse _grina_, wry the mouth; _grinall_, sour
    looking. Du. _grinnen_, _grinden_, to grin, snarl.
  Grysly, horrible, B. 1534. A.S. _grislíc_, horrible; _a-grísan_, to
    dread, fear greatly.
  Gryspyng, _sb._ gnashing of the teeth. A.S. _grist-bítung_.
  Gryste, dirt (?), A. 465.
  Guere, gear, B. 1505.
  Guferes, evidently an error for _guteres_, C. 310. See T. B. 3072. See
    extract under word _gote_.
  {Gult, Gulte,} guilt, A. 942; B. 690.
  Gulty, guilty, C. 210, 285.
  Gut, C. 280.
  Gyde-ropes, C. 105.
  Gye, govern, B. 1598. Fr. _guider_; _guier_, direct, guide.
  Gyle, guile, A. 671, 688; C. 285.
  Gylt, guilt, B. 731.
  Gylteȝ, A. 655.
  Gyltleȝ, guiltless, A. 668.
  Gyltyf, guilty, A. 669.
  Gyn, machine; applied to the ark, B. 491; to a boat, C. 146.
  Gyng, company, A. 455. A.S. _genge_. See T. B. 1225.
      “Þan was Jacob busked yare,
      Wit al þe _gynge_ þat wit him ware.”
        --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 30a.)
  Gyngure, ginger, A. 43.
  Gyse, guise, A. 1099.
  Gyternere, A. 91. Fr. _guiterre_; _guiterne_, a gittern. (Cot.) Lat.
    _cithara_, a harp.

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

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