Definition of Grein

1. to long [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: long

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grein

gregariousness
gregarization
gregarize
gregatim
grege
grego
gregoryite
gregos
greifensteinite
greige
greige goods
greiges
greigite
greillade
grein (current term)
greined
greining
greins
greisen
greisens
greisly
greith
greking
gremial
gremials
gremlin
gremlins
gremmie
gremmies

Literary usage of Grein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language: In which Its Forms are ...by Francis Andrew March by Francis Andrew March (1877)
"Reden der, grein, i., 198=A departed Soul's address to ... Wunder der Schöpfung, grein, i., 213 = The Wonders of the Creation ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"—AS tea, wo, used as interj. and adv., sometimes with dat. case, grein, ii. .... 280, later text, used in pia« of AS wunderlic, lit. wonder-like, grein, ii. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Grein on Dictionary.com!Search for Grein on Thesaurus.com!Search for Grein on Google!Search for Grein on Wikipedia!

Search