grene

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊ʁæːnə]

grene c

1. indefinite plural of gren

• greene

From Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡreːn(ə)/

grene

1. green

• grene wax

• English: green (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: green
• Yola: green

• grœ̄ne — Anglian, early Kentish
• grœ̄ni — Mercian, Corpus Glossary

From Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognate with Old Frisian grēne, Old Saxon grōni, Old High German gruoni, Old Norse grœnn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡreː.ne/

grēne

1. green
   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:

     God sylf ġesēah ða ðæt hit gōd was swā, and hēt ðā eorðan ardlīċe spryttan growende gærs and ðā grēnan wyrta mid heora āgenum sǣde...ðā wyrta sōna wynsumlīċe grēowon mid meniġfealdum blōstmum mislīċe ġeblēode.

     God himself saw that it was very good, and ordered the earth to immediately sprout forth growing grass and the green herbs with their own seeds...and the plants soon grew pleasantly with manyfold blossoms of various colors.

2. (of a vegetable) raw
   • early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995)

     Ġif ġē mē ūt ādrīfaþ fram ēowrum ġefērsċipe, ġē etaþ ēowre wyrta grēne and ēowre flǣsċmetas hrēawe.

     If you drive me out of your society, you'll eat your vegetables uncooked and your meat raw. [Said by a cook.]

   • unknown date and author, monastic sign language guide

     Ġesodenra wyrta tācn is þæt þū dō mid þīnre ōðerre handa niðewearde be þǣre sīdan swelċe þū sċearfian wille. Þonne þū grēne wyrta habban wille, þonne sete þū þīnne finger on þīne winestran hand.

     The sign for cooked vegetables is that you take your hand and make a downward motion along your side as if you're cutting them up. When you want raw vegetables, place your finger on your left hand.

• græsgrēne
• grēnian

• Middle English: grene, greene
  • English: green (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: green
  • Yola: green

From Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

grēne

1. green

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: green

• Saterland Frisian: gräin
• West Frisian: grien