grene

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Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

grene c

  1. indefinite plural of gren

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

grene

  1. green

Derived terms

Descendants

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

See also

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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.
    • 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.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Adjective

grēne

  1. green

Descendants