grene

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Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

grene c

  1. indefinite plural of gren

Middle English

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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

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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

    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
        • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:
          God sylf ġesēah ða ðæt hit gōd was swā, and hēt ðā eorðan ardlīċe spryttan growende gærs and ðā grēnan wyrta mid heora āgenum sǣde...ðā wyrta sōna wynsumlīċe grēowon mid meniġfealdum blōstmum mislīċe ġeblēode.
          God himself saw that it was very good, and ordered the earth to immediately sprout forth growing grass and the green herbs with their own seeds...and the plants soon grew pleasantly with manyfold blossoms of various colors.
      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.

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

      Old Frisian

      Etymology

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

      Adjective

      grēne

      1. green

      Descendants