Gréne

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gréne

According to the Old English Dictionary:

GRÉNE
adj. Green; viridis :-- Gréne viridis, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 80; Wrt. Voc. 46, 37. Wende man ðæt gréne to ðan weofode let the green [side of the sods] be turned to the altar, Lchdm. i. 398, 17. Gréne folde the green earth, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 14; Gen. 1561. Of grénum áre geworht wrought of green copper, Blickl. Homl. 127, 7. On grénum treówe in viridi ligno, Lk. Skt. 23, 31. Gréne eorþan green earth, Cd. 91; Th. 115, 18; Gen. 1921. Gréne bearwas green groves, 72; Th. 89, 13; Gen. 1480. Genim ðære ylcan wyrte leáf ðonne heó grénost beó take the leaves of the same plant when it is greenest, Herb. 1, 4; Lchdm. i. 72, 7. [O. Sax. gróni: O. Frs. gréne: Icel. grænn: O. H. Ger. gruoni: Ger. grün.] grene
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