Middle English Dictionary Entry
Grẹ̄es n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Grẹ̄es n. Also grece. |
| Etymology | ?From Greu, pl. Greues. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Greeks.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.253 : The Grees [vr. Grekis] usede somtyme tornementes and dedes of myȝt..at þe foot of þe hil Olympus.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)122b/a : Þe grees [L greci] acountiþ tyme and ȝeres fro þe firste olimpias.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7060 : In his time was troi nomyn, And thoru þe grece [vrr. greges, grekis] ouercomyn.