- gréatian
- wv/t2 to greaten, become great or large, become enlarged [listed as sv/t2]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
gréatian
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great — O.E. great big, tall, thick, stout; coarse, from W.Gmc. *grautaz coarse, thick (Cf. O.S. grot, O.Fris. grat, Du. groot, Ger. groß great ). Said to have meant originally big in size, coarse, and, if so, perhaps from PIE root *ghreu to rub, grind.… … Etymology dictionary
