grene

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grene c

  1. indefinite plural of gren

Middle English

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    From Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

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    grene

    1. green

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    • English: green (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: green
    • Yola: green

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    Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
         whit      grey, hor      blak
                 red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
                 grasgrene              grene             
                 plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
                 violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

    Old English

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      From Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognate with Old Frisian grēne, Old Saxon grōni, Old High German gruoni, Old Norse grœnn.

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      grēne

      1. green
      2. (of a vegetable) raw
        • early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995)
          Ġif ġē mē ūt ādrīfaþ fram ēowrum ġefērsċipe, ġē etaþ ēowre wyrta grēne and ēowre flǣsċmetas hrēawe.
          If you drive me out of your society, you'll eat your vegetables uncooked and your meat raw. [Said by a cook.]
        • unknown date and author, monastic sign language guide
          Ġesodenra wyrta tācn is þæt þū dō mid þīnre ōðerre handa niðewearde be þǣre sīdan swelċe þū sċearfian wille. Þonne þū grēne wyrta habban wille, þonne sete þū þīnne finger on þīne winestran hand.
          The sign for cooked vegetables is that you take your hand and make a downward motion along your side as if you're cutting them up. When you want raw vegetables, place your finger on your left hand.

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      Colors in Old English · dēage (layout · text)
           hwīt      grǣġ      blæc
                   rēad; basu              ġeolurēad; brūn              ġeolu
                                grēne             
                                blāw              blāw
                                purpuren             

      Old Frisian

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      From Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

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      grēne

      1. green

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