- meregrot
- n (-es/-u) pearl
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Perle (2), die — 2. Die Pêrle, plur. die n, Diminut. das Perlchen, eine rundliche kleine feste Masse, eine kleine Beere. 1. Überhaupt; wo es nur noch in einigen Fällen üblich ist. Im gemeinen Leben einiger Gegenden wird die verhärtete Feuchtigkeit im Auge, welche … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
marguerite — (mar ghe ri t ) s. f. 1° En style d Écriture sainte, perle. Il ne faut pas jeter les marguerites devant les pourceaux, c est à dire il ne faut pas publier devant les profanes les mystères des choses sacrées (Évang. saint Math. VII, 6). Jeter … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
grit — [OE] Etymologically, grit is ‘something produced by pounding’. Prehistoric Indo European *ghrēu denoted ‘rub, pound, crush’, and from it came Germanic *greutam ‘tiny particles of crushed or pounded rock’, hence ‘sand, gravel’. Its modern… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
Margaret — fem. proper name (c.1300), from O.Fr. Margaret (Fr. Marguerite), from L.L. Margarita, female name, lit. pearl, from Gk. margarites (lithos) pearl, of unknown origin, probably adopted from some Oriental language [OED]; Cf. Skt. manjari cluster of… … Etymology dictionary
grit — [OE] Etymologically, grit is ‘something produced by pounding’. Prehistoric Indo European *ghrēu denoted ‘rub, pound, crush’, and from it came Germanic *greutam ‘tiny particles of crushed or pounded rock’, hence ‘sand, gravel’. Its modern… … Word origins
