graithn.
/ɡreɪθ/, U.S. /ɡreɪθ/, Scottish English /ɡreθ/ In later use only Scottish.† 1. A state of preparation; readiness; good order. to do in graith: to put in readiness. in graith: in proper order; also, without delay. out of graith: out of order. Obsolete.† 4. Possessions in general; wealth, money. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready
graithc1330
readinessc1350
in promptc1425
areadinessa1500
alreadiness1534
apointc1540
furniture1560
expedition1579
prestness1582
preparedness1590
trim1628
addressedness1633
concert pitch1742
engrenage1918
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 193 Þei stand alle to gode graith, whan þou ert þam among.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 307 Whan it were don in grayth þe weddyng of Margarete.
c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 66 In gret Anguisse ȝe ben þat nis not God greiþe.
?14.. Ser John Mandeville 63 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 157 Now..lowsit is Sathanesse, That sett this ward thus owt of graythe.
c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 587 Lete name hyt [a child] þare, Ȝef hyt schule in greyþe fare.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 45 He may happyn today Com agane or none With grath.
2.
a. Equipment in general; apparel, attire, dress, articles of dress.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
clothesc888
hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
shrouda1122
clothc1175
hatteringa1200
atourc1220
back-clout?c1225
habit?c1225
clothingc1275
cleadinga1300
dubbinga1300
shroudinga1300
attirec1300
coverturec1300
suitc1325
apparel1330
buskingc1330
farec1330
harness1340
tire1340
backs1341
geara1350
apparelmentc1374
attiringa1375
vesturec1385
heelinga1387
vestmentc1386
arraya1400
graitha1400
livery1399
tirementa1400
warnementa1400
arrayment1400
parelc1400
werlec1400
raiment?a1425
robinga1450
rayc1450
implements1454
willokc1460
habiliment1470
emparelc1475
atourement1481
indumenta1513
reparel1521
wearing gear1542
revesture1548
claesc1550
case1559
attirement1566
furniture1566
investuring1566
apparelling1567
dud1567
hilback1573
wear1576
dress1586
enfolding1586
caparison1589
plight1590
address1592
ward-ware1598
garnish1600
investments1600
ditement1603
dressing1603
waith1603
thing1605
vestry1606
garb1608
outwall1608
accoutrementa1610
wearing apparel1617
coutrement1621
vestament1632
vestiment1637
equipage1645
cask1646
aguise1647
back-timbera1656
investiture1660
rigging1664
drapery1686
vest1694
plumage1707
bussingc1712
hull1718
paraphernalia1736
togs1779
body clothing1802
slough1808
toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
garmenture1832
costume1838
fig1839
outfit1840
vestiture1841
outer womana1845
outward man1846
vestiary1846
rag1855
drag1870
clo'1874
parapherna1876
clobber1879
threads1926
mocker1939
schmatte1959
vine1959
kit1989
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4796 Giue me mi graith and lat me ga.
15.. Chalmerlan Ayr c. 22 in Sc. Acts I Þai [sowtaris] mak schone butis and vther graitht of the lethir or jt be barkit.
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 462 What meanes..this short skarlet cloake, and all this gay graith of yours?
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 111 He..Bids bauld to bear the gree awa' Wi' a' this graith.
1786 R. Burns Holy Fair vii, in Poems 43 Here, farmers gash, in ridin graith, Gaed hoddan by their cotters.
b. Armour.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun]
here-weedsOE
weedOE
here-scrudc1275
armourc1325
armsc1325
armingc1330
armouryc1330
harnessc1330
warnementa1400
fighting-wisec1400
gome-graithc1420
graithc1420
armaturea1460
habiliment1470
furniture1569
proof1583
harnessment1610
pewter1622
equipage1633
pamphract1934
c1420 Anturs of Arth. 436 We arene one owre gamene, we ne hafe no gude graythe.
1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 414, in Wks. (1931) I. 157 Go dres ȝow in ȝour graith.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 122 I will sleep like a sentinel, with my graith about me.
a1851 D. M. Moir Ruins Seton Chapel iii, in Poet. Wks. (1852) I. 189 Clad in their robes of state or graith of war.
c. Harness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun]
harness1303
geara1400
graithc1650
tackling1650
horse-gear1653
garniture1670
tackle1684
van harness1823
tack1924
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 27 The Erll..directit..his led horss with his graith to the Bog.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 96 The driver..can..save the harness (graith) better than in any other position.
1850 W. Innes in R. W. Hamilton Christian Sabbath (1852) 225 (note) Removing the harness from off one of his team, or as a Scotchman would say, taking off the graith.
3. Apparatus, implements, gear, tackle; a structure, contrivance. See also plough graith n., spinning-graith. (Cf. gear n. 5) Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements
ornament?c1225
i-wendea1250
atil1297
tacklea1325
apparel1330
conreyc1330
farec1330
tirec1330
apparementc1340
apparelmentc1374
graithc1375
appurtenancec1386
geara1400
warnementa1400
stuff1406
parelling?a1440
farrements1440
stuffurec1440
skippeson1444
harnessa1450
parela1450
implements1454
reparel1466
ordinance1475
habiliments1483
ornation1483
muniments1485
mountures1489
outred1489
accomplement?c1525
trinketc1525
garnishing1530
garniture1532
accoutrementsc1550
furniments1553
tackling1558
instrument1563
ordinara1578
appointment?1578
outreiking1584
appoint1592
dighting1598
outreik1598
apparate?c1600
accomplishment1605
attirail1611
coutrement1621
apparatusa1628
equipage1648
thing1662
equipment1717
paraphernalia1736
tack1777
outfit1787
fittinga1817
fixing1820
set-out1831
rigging1837
fixture1854
parapherna1876
clobber1890
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking
ornament?c1225
i-wendea1250
atil1297
tacklea1325
apparel1330
conreyc1330
farec1330
tirec1330
apparementc1340
apparelmentc1374
graithc1375
appurtenancec1386
geara1400
warnementa1400
stuff1406
parelling?a1440
farrements1440
stuffurec1440
skippeson1444
harnessa1450
parela1450
implements1454
reparel1466
ordinance1475
habiliments1483
ornation1483
muniments1485
outred1489
trinketc1525
garnishing1530
garniture1532
accoutrementsc1550
furniments1553
tackling1558
instrument1563
ordinara1578
appointment?1578
outreiking1584
supellectile1584
appoint1592
dighting1598
outreik1598
materialsa1600
apparate?c1600
attirail1611
coutrement1621
apparatusa1628
outrig1639
equipage1648
thing1662
equipment1717
paraphernalia1736
fixture1767
tack1777
outfit1787
fittinga1817
fixing1820
matériel1821
set-out1831
rigging1837
parapherna1876
clobber1890
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance
compassinga1300
graithc1375
jetc1380
cautelc1440
quaint?a1450
invention1546
trick1548
frame1558
fashion1562
device1570
conveyance1596
address1598
molition1598
fabric1600
machine1648
fancy1665
art1667
fanglementa1670
convenience1671
conveniency1725
contraption1825
affair1835
rig1845
c1375 Sc. Troy-bk. ii. 2360 Bot now we dress our graith þarfore.
a1400–50 Alexander 5518 Foure Griffons full grym, he in þat graythe festes.
1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 349 Item, giffin for xiij stane of irne to mak grath to Mons new cradill.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 120 For myself tuik I nane sa gret feir, As of thi schip..Spulȝeit of hir graith.
1786 R. Burns Poems 25 When Vulcan gies his bellys breath, An' Ploughmen gather wi' their graith.
1792 A. Wilson 2 Men sawing Timber Ye're tempin Providence, I swear, To raise your graith sae madly here.
a1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 53 Wha may cast by their brewin graith Baith pat and pail.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > a person's collective property or substance
thingOE
chattela1240
cattlec1275
i-wonc1275
moneya1325
tilea1325
statec1330
thrifta1350
substancea1382
chevance1477
graith?a1513
estate1563
wortha1586
thrive1592
fortune1596
store1600
boodle1699
circumstancea1704
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 261 Greit abbais grayth I nill to gather.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 4753 in Wks. (1931) I Thay haif spred thare Net..on gold, and vther graith.
1603 Philotus xiv. sig. A4v Tak another be the neck, Quhen ȝe the graith haue gottin.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 217 I send you here a faithfu' list, O' gudes an' gear, an' a' my graith.
5.
a. Material, stuff (for a particular purpose); now esp. in Scottish soapy water, soap-suds. (Cf. gear n. 10.)
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun]
tacklea1325
enginea1393
geara1400
workhorse1463
graith1513
trinketc1525
implementsa1552
furniture1577
store1605
tew1616
thing1662
stock-in-trade1775
tack1777
apparatus1796
work thing1812
gearinga1854
matériel1856
plant1867
hardware1947
workhorse1949
society > occupation and work > materials > [noun]
stuffc1440
materialc1475
material1509
graith1513
subject matter1535
metalc1550
staple1598
tew1616
subjected matter1645
materiable1652
matter1680
ingredient1691
vehicle1837
input1893
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions > types of solution > soap and water
graith1513
suds1581
lather1583
soap-suds1611
bumble broth1624
soap-sud1699
sapples1821
soap and water1837
suds1884
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. xi. 105 Bid hir..the bestis, and the blude, And clengeing graith, scho knawis, with hir bring.
15.. Chalmerlan Ayr c. 24 in Sc. Acts I Þai [tailȝeouris] sow with fals graith.
1572 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 77/1 Certane particular persounis hes applyit the stanes, tymber and uther graith pertening thairto, to thair awin particular use.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 364 Suppoise the devill maid that graith, The seiknes sua ouersett my fayth, At that tyme, to asswage my sair, I wald have tane it.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii We're not yet begun To freath the graith.
b. ‘Things’. (Cf. gear n. 9c) Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1790 A. Wilson Poems 209 Tho' Beagles, Hornings, an' sic graith, Glowre roun' they ne'er sal dread me.
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† graithadj.adv.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
1.
a. Of persons: Prepared, ready. Of things: Ready, prompt, handy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready
i-radc888
yarec888
i-redec1000
i-redya1175
boundc1175
graith?c1225
aready1250
alreadyc1275
readyc1275
armedc1300
prestc1300
bentc1330
ripec1330
purveyed1435
mature?1440
apt1474
habile1485
in (a) case to (also for)1523
provided1533
in procinct1540
weeping-ripe1548
furnished1553
fit1569
preta1600
expedite1604
predy1613
procinct1618
foreprepared1642
presto1644
apparated1663
(ready) in one's gears1664
fallow1850
standby1893
organized1926
(to be) all set1949
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 16 Þeose wordes seggeð a eauermor ad ȝe beon greiðe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5105 Als suith as we mai be graith, we sal do as ȝe haue said.
a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 191 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1671 Wiþ lernyng & teyching growes graiþ kunnyng.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 597 Bi þat watȝ Gryngolet grayth, & gurde with a sadel.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. vi Syr Gauan, graythest of alle Was laft with Dame Gaynour.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 880 Agayne he riseth vp, make redy youre fote shete in þis maner made greithe.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iv. 760 Ye iwill spyrite Yat gaiff rycht graith [1487 St. John's Cambr. grath] ansuer hyr to.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5719 The secund sort [of ships]..Were graither of gouernaunce.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 389 Graith thocht of the grant had the gude King.
b. With of: Furnished or provided with; possessed of, acquainted with.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something
warnishedc1340
graitha1400
yfraughtc1412
replenished1548
freight1556
furnished1570
fraught1574
supplied1590
suggested?1592
support1733
a1400–50 Alexander 1865 And he þat graithist is of gudis gird all to poudire.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6660 And of cristes leuing make þaim graythe.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2536 Þat any gome shuld be graithe of our goddes wille.
2.
a. Of a road: Direct. Of a measure: Exact.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > of roads or directions: straight, direct
gaina1000
evenc1175
readyc1330
graith1352
nigh1516
right1567
near1579
forerighta1640
bain1864
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] > of measures, quantities
evenOE
graith1352
neat1682
specific1740
specifical1768
1352 L. Minot Poems vi. 28 The bare rade, withouten rese, Unto Cane the graythest gate.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. i. 203 Loue is..the graith gate that goth into heuene.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 230 A galon for a grote and ȝut no grayþ mesure.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24143 Na graiþer gate of gammen is here.
b. Of a sign, truth, etc.: Clear, plain. Also absol. as noun, the graith, the truth.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective]
sutelc897
openeOE
ebera975
graithc1325
broadc1374
plainc1375
clearc1380
grossc1380
manifest1385
notoire1409
patent1508
sensible?1531
discovered1537
plain as a pikestaff (also packstaff, pad-staff)1542
palpable1545
demonstrative1552
plain as the nose on (in) one's face1560
illustrate1562
appearing1566
notorious1581
obvious1583
unshadowed1593
transparent1597
liquid1610
visible1614
pellucid1644
illustrious1654
apertive1661
conspectable1727
suggestive1806
c1325 Metr. Hom. 99 The erthe bar als ful graith witnes Igain the Jowes wrangwisnes, For it schewed with graithe takening, That Crist was Godd of all thing.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xi. 242 Ac þe godspel ys a glose þere hudynge þe greythe treuthe.
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 34 Sire..þe graiþ þou me telle.
c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 891 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 94 He..be þar taknis grath wit had þat þai war his twa sonnis dere.
c. Of a stroke: Clean, unimpeded.
ΚΠ
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 76 Wallace mycht nocht a graith straik on him get.
B. adv.
Readily; clearly, plainly.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adverb]
couthlyc900
sutelichec900
openlyOE
witterlyc1175
kithlya1300
witnessfullyc1374
evidentlya1382
plainlya1382
graithc1394
eberlya1400
express14..
manifest1431
patently1441
manifestlyc1475
evident?1520
grossly1526
apparently1533
clear1550
apparent1565
clearly1569
notoriously1589
plain1590
perspicuously1592
perspectively1598
transparently1617
liquidlya1631
visibly1631
obviously1638
fairly1655
perspiculously1661
remarkably1666
squarely1860
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 232 Canstou me graiþ tellen To any worþely wijȝt þat wissen me couþe Whou y schulde conne my Crede?
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26592 Þe quilk graiþ þe salle be kende & þou wille here þis boke til ende.
c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 346 Teche hem also welle and greythe.
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graithv.
/ɡreɪθ/ Obsolete exc. dialect.† 2. † b. with to, toward, or an adverb implying motion: To prepare to go, shape one's course, betake oneself. Obsolete.† 4. † b. To put on. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To make ready, prepare, put in order, repair; also, to procure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)]
yarec888
yarkc1000
graithc1175
readya1225
biredienc1275
to make yarec1290
forgraitha1300
adightc1330
buskc1330
purveyc1330
agraith1340
disposec1375
before-graithea1382
to forge and filec1381
to make readya1382
devisec1385
bounc1390
buss?a1400
address?a1425
parel?a1425
to get upc1425
providec1425
prepare1449
bakec1450
aready1470
arm?a1505
prevenea1522
get?1530
to get ready1530
to get ready1530
to set in readiness1575
apply1577
compose1612
predy1627
make1637
to dispose of1655
do1660
fallowa1764
to line up1934
prep1936
tee1938
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11088 He wollde shæwenn. Whatt gate he wollde greȝȝþenn uss To winnenn eche blisse.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4018 Þe king lette..græiðen heore iweden.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) (Harl.) 4920 + 75 Þus wax stryf bytuene hem, hii greyþed her host vaste.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2501 Þi palays þou schalt grayþi.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. pr. iv. 19 Þat .I. had[de] grayþed deeþ to alle goode men.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3532 His broþer he fand giueand his tent To grayth a riche pulment.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 53 What grayþed me þe grychchyng bot grame more seche?
c1400 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 62 Greithe a sikir weie: so that we seynge god be glad euermore.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvii. 364 Lo, here a borde and clothe laide, And breed theron all redy graide.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. v. 92 Pas, son, in haist, graith thi wingis in effect.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 143 Of sic taillis they began, Quhill the supper was graid.
1601 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 135 For mending the wheeles, and graithing the bells against the cronation day.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 156 Of coukes graithand or makand reddie flesh or fishe.
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 29 Grathe, to put in order, to dress; to replace a worn bucket-leather.
a. reflexive. To prepare oneself, get ready. Often with infinitive. Rarely intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)]
yarec888
yarkc1000
graithc1230
dightc1275
to make yarec1290
arrayc1320
tirec1330
agraith1340
buska1350
readya1350
dressc1350
shapec1374
disposec1375
ordainc1380
rayc1380
makec1390
bouna1400
updressa1400
fettlec1400
address1447
ettlec1450
aready1470
to make oneself forth1488
busklea1555
poise1639
arrange1865
c1230 Hali Meid. 17 Leccherie ananriht greiðeð hire wið þat to weorren oþi meidenhad.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20180 Has he sete me ani dai þat i wit in me grait mai?
a1400–50 Alexander 2873 Þat he suld graythe him to ga as him his god chargis.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. x. 94 Grayth the, Gabriell, and weynd!
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 642 That euerilk Scot..Within ane da sould graith thame for to gone.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5970 Þai graithet to fle.
?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) l. 56 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 231 Thus he graythes him godly with a greate oste.
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society > travel > [verb (reflexive)]
wendeOE
meteOE
drawc1175
flitc1175
do?c1225
kenc1275
teemc1275
movec1300
graitha1325
dightc1330
redec1330
windc1330
yieldc1330
dressa1375
raikc1400
winc1400
pass?a1425
get1492
tirec1540
flitch?1567
frame1576
betake1639
rely1641
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1738 He..greiðet him Ðeðenward wið sped.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 300 Þei..smertly did þam grayth Toward Dun Bretayn.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17810 Ful smertli þai þam þider graid.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1266 Graythe ȝowe to ȝone grene wode.
c1400 Melayne 1595 Oure Oste..graythes þam to Melayne walle.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1600 To maumetry þai þaim graythe.
3. reflexive.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7642 Þat folc of denemarch..Greiþede hom mid gret poer.c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1917 Gij him graiþed & made him ȝare.c1386 G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale 389 Thise clerkes..greythen hem, and tooke hir hors anon.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 277 His modyr graithit hir in pilgrame weid.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. vii. 69 Thou the grathis for to fecht.1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 32 A fiend which doth in graces garments grath her.† b. to graith in the grave: to give burial to.† c. figurative. To treat, ‘serve’ in some (unwelcome) manner. Obsolete.
a. To equip, furnish; to array (in clothes, armour); to dress (a person); to fit out (a vessel); to bedeck, ornament. Also with up.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)]
wrya901
clothec950
shride971
aturnc1220
begoa1225
array1297
graith1297
agraithc1300
geara1325
cleadc1325
adightc1330
apparel1362
back1362
shape1362
attirea1375
parela1375
tirea1375
rayc1390
addressa1393
coverc1394
aguisea1400
scredea1400
shrouda1400
bedightc1400
buskc1400
harnessc1400
hatterc1400
revesta1449
able1449
dressa1450
reparel?c1450
adub?1473
endue?a1475
afaite1484
revestera1500
beclothe1509
trimc1516
riga1535
invest1540
vesture1555
suit1577
clad1579
investure1582
vest1582
deck1587
habit1594
to make ready1596
caparison1597
skin1601
shadow1608
garment1614
riga1625
raiment1656
garb1673
equip1695
to fit out1722
encase1725
tog1793
trick1821
to fig out1825
enclothe1832
toilet1842
to get up1858
habilitate1885
tailor1885
kit1919
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)]
graith1297
anoure?1440
gloryc1475
exornify1613
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit
frameOE
dightc1275
fayc1275
graith1297
attire1330
purveyc1330
shapec1330
apparel1366
harnessc1380
ordaina1387
addressa1393
array1393
pare1393
feata1400
point1449
reparel?c1450
provide1465
fortify1470
emparel1480
appoint1490
deck?15..
equip1523
trim1523
accoutre1533
furnish1548
accommodate1552
fraught1571
suit1572
to furnish up1573
to furnish out1577
rig1579
to set out1585
equipage1590
outreik1591
befit1598
to furnish forth1600
fita1616
to fit up1670
outrig1681
to fit out1722
mount?1775
outfit1798
habilitate1824
arm1860
to fake out1871
heel1873
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > of armour: protect [verb (transitive)] > clothe with or encase in
armc1275
graith1297
enarmc1320
tirec1330
harnessc1380
haspc1400
endossa1500
armour1578
case1582
clothe1590
dight1590
emboss1590
array1809
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip
ship1052
graith1297
tackle1486
trimc1513
equip1574
outred1577
to fit out1670
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8955 Poueremen wel ofte in to hire chambre heo drou..& greiþede hom vaire inou.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 670 Graiþed y wil he be, And seþþen schewe him as kniȝt.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2731 Þe werwolf..fond on sone, þat was gayly greyt to go to þe seile.
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 195 Þat cloister..wiþ lauoures of latun louelyche y-greithed.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5190 ‘Gif me mi clathes’, þan said he, ‘And hastily þat we graithed be’.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 589 Iche prynce with his powere appertlyche graythede.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xl Syr Gauan the gode was graythet in grene.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 238 Send in ȝour steid Ȝour ladeis, grathit vp gay.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 223 The Romanis war sa weill graithit into geir.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 35v Thair proud palphrais was grathit Incontinent, In glansand geir and best abillement.
a1775 Hobie Noble v, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. clxxxix. 2/1 Then Hobie has graithd his body weel.
1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 73 Oft graith'd in aw their kurk-gawn gear.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words (at cited word) ‘Bonnily graithed,’ handsomely dressed. ‘Badly graithed’, ill dressed. ‘Get the table graithed’, set out.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)]
bedelveOE
begraveOE
burya1000
beburyc1000
bifel-ec1000
layc1000
to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE
tombc1275
gravec1300
inter1303
rekec1330
to lap in leadc1340
to lay to rest, abed, to bed1340
lie1387
to louk in clay (lead, etc.)?a1400
to lay lowa1425
earthc1450
sepulture1490
to put awaya1500
tyrea1500
mould1530
to graith in the grave1535
ingrave1535
intumulate1535
sepult1544
intumil?c1550
yird1562
shrinea1566
infera1575
entomb1576
sepelite1577
shroud1577
funeral1578
to load with earth1578
delve1587
to lay up1591
sepulchrize1595
pit-hole1607
infuneral1610
mool1610
inhumate1612
inurna1616
inhume1616
pit1621
tumulate1623
sepulchrea1626
turf1628
underlay1639
urna1657
to lay to sleep, asleep1701
envaulta1745
plant1785
ensepulchre1820
sheugh1839
to put under1879
to lay away1885
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 112 He..Richt gloriouslie gart graith him in his graif.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 295.
a1600 Battle of Harlaw in Evergreen (1761) I. 80 He vowed..All the hale Lands of Ross to haif, Or ells be graithed in his Graif.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)]
tuckc888
tawc893
misbedeOE
graithc1330
to fare fair or foul with1340
misusea1382
outrayc1390
beshrewc1430
huspelc1440
misentreat1450
mistreat1453
abuse?1473
to mayne evil1481
demean1483
to put (a person) to villainya1513
harry1530
mishandle1530
touse1531
misorder1550
worrya1556
yark1565
mumble1588
buse1589
crow-tread1593
disabuse1607
maltreat1681
squeeze1691
ill-treat1794
punish1801
tousle1826
ill-use1841
razoo1890
mess1896
to play horse with1896
to bugger about1921
slug1925
to give (a person) the works1927
to kick about or around1938
mess1963
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1095 Mo þat hider wil ride, Þus grayþed schul ȝe be.
c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 374 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 135 Se hou-gat ȝone monk has graþit me.
1569 N. Hubert Confess. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots 207 He should graith me in such a sort as I never was in my life.
a. = make v.1 in various senses: To make up, compose; to build, set up; to constitute; to represent. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct
workOE
dighta1175
to set upc1275
graitha1300
formc1300
pitchc1330
compoundc1374
to put togethera1387
performc1395
bigc1400
elementc1400
complexion1413
erect1417
framea1450
edifya1464
compose1481
construe1490
to lay together1530
perstruct1547
to piece together1572
condite1578
conflate1583
compile1590
to put together1591
to set together1603
draw1604
build1605
fabric1623
complicate1624
composit1640
constitute1646
compaginate1648
upa1658
complex1659
construct1663
structurate1664
structure1664
confect1677
to put up1699
rig1754
effect1791
structuralize1913
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > inform or give a thing its essence [verb (transitive)]
graitha1300
make1340
informa1398
essentiate1561
informate1594
formalize1597
essentialize1669
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > be (part of) [verb (transitive)] > be the or a component(s) of
graitha1300
form1377
makea1393
compone1398
constitute1552
go1559
to make up1589
mould1602
compounda1616
integrate1638
elementate1660
compose1665
represent1776
comprise1794
account1893
a1300 Cursor Mundi 550 Of þir things i haf her said was adam cors to-gedir graid.
a1400–50 Alexander 1874 Syn gostid godesses & gods ere graythid neuir to dye.
a1400–50 Alexander 4499 For marcure was manslaȝt, a mammlere of wordis, Ȝe graith him to be gouenoure & god of þe tonge.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1664 In the cheffe of þe choise halle, chosen for þe kyng, Was a grounde vp graid with gresis of Marbill.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on
to do oneOE
graitha1375
puta1382
to take on1389
to let falla1400
takea1400
to put on?a1425
endow1484
addressa1522
to get on1549
to draw on1565
don1567
to pull on1578
dight1590
sumpterc1595
to get into ——1600
on with1600
array1611
mount1785
to cast on1801
endoss1805
endue1814
ship1829
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2933 Gode crounes of gold on here hedes graiþed.
a1400–50 Alexander 790* [Alexander] Grathez on þis gay gere & þen a gilt sadyll.
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