Middle English Dictionary Entry
gras-grẹ̄ne adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gras-grẹ̄ne adj. & n. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) As green as grass; (b) as noun: the color grass-green.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)299 : Mercurye he made gres-grene, And Jouyne so metal shene.
b
- ?a1350 Recipe Painting(1) in Archaeol.J.1 (Hrl 2253)65 : Vorte make grasgrene. Tac verdigres ant grynt hit [etc.].
- c1500(?a1475) St.Marg.(3) (Ashm 61)304 : Sche..saw a dragone..That was of coloure as grasse grene [vr. gres grene].