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GREÁT

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GREÁT, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §426; §443; §444;
Great, large, thick, coarse
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  • Græát

    grossus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 101; Wrt. Voc. 51, 14.

  • Swá swá greát beám

    like a great tree,

      Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 9.

  • Æðelword Æðelmǽres sunu ðæs grǽtan

    Ethelward son of Ethelmer the great,

      Chr. 1017; Er1. 16l, 7.

  • Tú hund greátes hláfes and þridde smales

    two hundred great loaves and a third of small,

      Th. Chart. 158, 25.

  • God him send ufan greáte hagolstánas

    God cast down upon them great hailstones,

      Jos. 10, 11: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 27; Gen. 384.

  • Ða wǽron unmetlíce greáte heáhnasse

    ingenti grossitudine atque altitudine,

      Nar. 4, 22.

  • Wǽron hie swá greáte swá columnan ge eác sume grýttran

    serpentes columnarum grossitudine aliquantulum proceriores,

      14, 15.

  • Greáte swá stǽnene sweras micle

    vastitudine columnarum,

      36, 12.

  • Mid greátan sealte

    with coarse salt;

    cum sale marino,
      Herb. 37, 5; Lchdm. i. 138, 14.

  • Mid scearpum pílum greátum

    with sharp and large stakes,

      Chr. Erl. 5, 10.
Etymology
[Orm. græt: Laym. græt, great: Chauc. gret, greet: O. Sax. grót: O. Frs. grát: O. H. Ger. gróz: Ger. gross.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “GREÁT.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17474.

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