Middle English Dictionary Entry
grẹ̄nish adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | grẹ̄nish adj. |
| Etymology | From grẹ̄ne adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Somewhat green, dull or pale green; (b) green.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)138a/a : Avicen..putteþ seuen variaunces of colours of the catheractes..And Beneuenutus..vj, ffor he putteth to þe grenysshe [*Ch.(1): grenysh; L viridalem] catharacte.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1647 : And such a smoke gan out wende..Blak, bloo, grenyssh, swartish red, As doth where that men melte led.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)143/19 : The colourys off men and women..be..in Portelonde, Grene-londe, and Morelonde, grenysch and salw, for the contynwal cold.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)309b/a : Vnkynde colera þat is rusty and grenysch [L prassina] and is y-founde grene.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.84vb (2.14) : In euery of þe 3 spices of þe jawnys, þou maist haue knowyng by þe face what maner jawnys it is. For in þe 1 spice, his eyȝen ar ȝelowish, but in þe 2 spice his eyȝen ar ȝelowish and grenyshe.
Note: Antedates sense (a). New spelling: grenishe.