Noun: gre
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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And notified is þurȝout þe toun / Þat every wiȝt, wiþ greet devocioun, / Sholde preyen Crist þat he þis mariage / Recyve in gree and spede þis viage. [Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale]
Nouns inflected like gre
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old French gré (“step”), from Latin gradus. The senses related to success are potentially from Scottish Gaelic gré. See: Latin Nouns '
gradus'.
Verbs referencing "gre"
English Nouns
gree.
Translations