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gray, gray-coll, gray-koll, greh, grokoll,
gray [greː]
n. Grey.
adj. Of a grey colour.
v. To make grey.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gray-coll I.Sh.: A fishermen's tabu-name for a mouse.
grayin: Turning grey.
grayish: Greyish.
grae, gray, grey, gro, groe, groo, gru, grue,
gray [NN.a. greː]
also gro [I. groː, gruː]
n. A light wind, gentle breeze.
v. Of the wind: to freshen.
Graba, Gray_Aibey, GrayAibey, Greba,
Gray Aibey [grɛːˈebe]
pn. Greyabbey (County Down).
col. Greba [U. grɛːˈbə]
girt, girter, graet, graeter, grait, grate, great, greater, greatest, greht, greit, gret, greter, gretest, gretter, greyt, grit, grite, griter, gritter, gryte, gryter,
great [grɛt, grɪt, NN. grəit, grit]
adj. Great. Intimate, friendly. Coarse in grain or texture. Of things: thick, bulky, roomy. Of people: big, stout. Of a river: swollen with rain, in flood. Of the seaː high, stormy.
comp. greater
superl. greatest
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
greatly: Greatly.
no great: Unsatifactory.
$gree, $greed, disagreeance, gree, gree$d, gree$t, greeable, greeance, greed, greein, greeit, greemenn, greement, grei, greiable, grie, grie$d, grieable, grieance, gried, griement, guid_gree,
gree [griː, S. grəi]
v. To reconcile people, to settle, agree upon. To come to terms, to make an agreement, to become reconciled with a person. To be or to live in harmony, to be friends, to be of the same mind.
pt. pp. gree'd
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
disagree: To refuse to agree.
disagreeance [dɪsəgriəns]: Disagreement.
greeable: Agreeable.
greeance [ˈ-əns]: Concord, agreement.
greein: Agreeing, finalising.
greement: An agreement, agreement.
guid gree: Mercy.
beir_the_gree, gree, grei, grie,
gree [griː]
n. Degree, social rank. The first place, the prize.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beir the gree: To win the victory.
Greece, Greek, Greik, Greke, Griek,
Greece [gris]
pn. Greece
 
Greek
n. A person from Greece. The language.
grade, grady, graed, graedie, gred, greed, greedie-gutsie, greedilie, greedily, greedy, greedy-gutsie, greedy-gutsy, greeth, greethy, greid, greidie, greidie-gutsie, greidilie,
greed [grid]
n. Greed, avarice.
 
greedy [gridɪ]
adj. Greedy.
 
greedily [ˈgridɪlɪ]
adv. Greedily.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
greedy-gutsie: A greedy person.
greemit, grimet, grimit,
greemit [I. ˈgriːmət]
adj. Soiled, begrimed. Of the he face: having dirty streaks. Of cattle: having a white face with dark spots or stripes.
graen, green, green$t, greendie, greened, greenichie, greenichtie, greenichty, greenichy, greenie, greenit, greens, greent, grein, greinit, grien, grin, grindie, playgreen,
green [grin]
adj. Of the colour green, covered with grass. Youthful, immature.
n. A lawn. A communal grass area, often used for hanging washing.
dim. greenie
v. To make green.
pt. pp. greent, greened
 
greenich(t)ie
adj. MN. Greenish.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
back green: A backyard.
curly greens: Cabbage.
greendie: MN. A small greenish crab.
greenery: Greenery.

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