† graithnessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Readiness, promptitude.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun] > readiness or promptness
readinessa1400
alacritya1460
forwardness1526
graithnessc1540
alacriousness1657
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4509 And your graithnes may gretly the grekes auaile.
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n.c1540- through-lock
- through-look
- through-looking
- through-lounge
- through-mortise
- through-nail
- through-nim
- through-pass
- through-passage
- through-path
- through-pierce
- through-piercing
- through-post
- through-ride
- through-rod
- through-seek
- through-shed
- through-shine
- through-shining
- through-shoot
- through-shot
- through-shove
- through-smite
- through-stick
- through-sting