grasgrene
Middle English
Alternative forms
- gres-grene
Etymology
From Old English gærsgrēne, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz. Equivalent to gras + grene.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɡrasˈɡreːn(ə)/
Noun
grasgrene
- grass green
Adjective
grasgrene
- Green like grass; grass green
Descendants
- English: grass-green
References
- “gras-grẹ̄ne (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text) | ||||
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whit | grey, hor | blak | ||
red ; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre ; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry ; canevas | ||
grasgrene | grene | |||
plunket ; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers | ||
violet ; inde | rose, murrey ; purpel | claret |