(a) Of God, of persons: excellent, noble, honored, valiant; dere of degre, high in rank; often in direct address; dere God, dere ladi, dere lord, dere sire; (b) as noun: noble one(s, valiant man, etc……
(a) Ash-colored, flint-colored, dull, gray; of cloth: gray, drab; of a man: gray-haired; grei hered, grei hore, grei hored, gray-haired, hoary; grei her, an old man; grei tauier, one who taws pelts……
(a) Large in size or quantity, big; gret and smal, large and small, all; gret ne smal, big or little, of no kind; althergrettest, largest of all [cp. alder- pref.]; gret belle, large bell; (b) much……
Constituting the half part of an object, an aggregate, a unit of numbering, coinage, measurement, time, area, etc.; half: (a) immediately preceding a noun; (b) separated from a noun by the definite……
(a) Crippled as to walking, limping or uneven in gait, lame; halt and (or) lame; halt foted, having crippled feet; (b) as noun: one who limps or is lame; the halt, the lame; (c) fig. deficient……
Made of hair; woven or braided of hair; heren clout, a rag of haircloth; heren sarge, a curtain of woven hair; heren sherte, a hair shirt; heren sive = her(e-sive.
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(a) As adj.: hundfold mede, a hundredfold reward; (b) as adv.: hundfold more, one hundred times as great; (c) as noun: bi hundfold, by a hundred times, a hundred times as much.
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(a) Of the sun, moon, fire: emitting light, bright; (b) of a lamp: alight; (c) of a place: filled with light; of the day, weather: not dark, bright, fair; light dai, daylight; dawn; (d) of eyes……
(a) Of things: light in weight; light in proportion to bulk, of small specific gravity, not dense; of persons: thin; also fig.; (b) of containers: light in content, empty; of measures: underweight……
