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Wright's OE grammar
§5; §129; §194; §278; §285; §315; §434; §438;
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green.
of grass, foliage, &c.
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  • Bebeád se Hǽlend ꝥ ðæt folc sǽte ofer ꝥ gréne híg (ofer groene gers, L., ofer groenum hegge ł grese, R.,

    super uiride faenum

    ),
      Mk. 6, 39.

  • Siððan Adam stóp on gréne græs,

      Gen. 1137.

  • Þá geseah hé ánre stówe fæc þám óþrum felda grénre (

    viridius

    ),
      Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 1.
of other things
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  • Groeni

    prassus,

      Hpt. 33, 251, 20.

  • Groeni ár

    aurocalcum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 36.

  • Gréne ár

    auricalcos,

    i.
      286, 66.

  • Grénum

    vernantibus (gemmis ),

    ii.
      85, 26.
covered with herbage or foliage.
of land
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  • Beorg sceal on eorðan gréne standan,

      Gn. C. 35.

  • Grénes gehæges

    uernantis prati,

      An. Ox. 550.

  • Se munt is sum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded,

      Bl. H. 207, 28.

  • Tó grénan hlince,

      C. D. v. 365, 29.
  • Æfter ðám grénan wege, iii. 389, 9.
  • On grénan dúne, v. 135, 36.
  • On grénan pytt, ii. 28, 31.
  • Andlang ðæs wuduweges on ðone gréne pað, iv. 98, 23.

  • Bráde synd on worulde gréne geardas,

      Gen. 511.
  • Gréne wongas, 1657.

  • Foldweg tredan, gréne grundas, An. 777. (1 a) fig. of a path,

    pleasant

    :-- Gearwian ús tógénes gréne strǽte úp tó englum,
      Sat. 287.
of a tree,
in leaf
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  • Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold þæt reáde on grénum triówum?

    non aurum in viridi quaeritis arbore,

      Met. 19, 6.
where the colour is taken as a sign of a particular condition of a plant,
newness or tenderness
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  • Píntreówes þá grénan twigu,

      Lch. ii. 216, 5.

  • Wunian wyrtruman þæs wudubeámes eorðan fæstne, oð þæt eft cyme gréne bléda,

      Dan. 518.
vigorous life. v. grénnes;
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  • Græs and wyrtan and treówu foraldiað and forsérið, and cumað oððer, grénu wexað and gearwað and rípað,

      Solil. H. 10, 5.

  • Bróhte seó culufre elebeámes twig ... gréne blǽde,

      Gen. 1474.
the presence of natural moisture
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  • Gréne beregræs (-cræs, MS.)

    farrago,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 46.

  • Ic sylfa slóh gréne táne (cf. eleva virgam

    tuam,

      Ex. 14, 16) gársecges deóp, Exod. 281.
unprepared for use. v. grénnes;
of vegetable food
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  • Gif gé mé (

    the cook) út ádrífaþ fram eówrum geférscype gé etaþ wyrta eówre gréne (viridia ),

    and flǽscmettas eówre hreáwe,
      Coll. M. 29, 11.
of a hide
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  • Grénre hýde

    recentis i. noue corii,

      An. Ox. 3281.
Similar entries
v. æle-gréne, eal-gréne, gærs-gréne, hǽwen-gréne, sám-gréne, sin-gréne, un-gréne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gréne.” 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/51187.

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