† Greesn.
Obsolete.
With plural agreement. Greeks.
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Greekishesc1175
Greesa1387
Gregion1513
Hellenism1772
Helladic1921
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 175 Whan þe grete Constantyn made Constantinopolim þe cheef sete of þe emperour of Rome, þan were þe Grees [L. gens Græcorum] i-cleped Romanij..And anon to þis day þe Grees [L. Græci] clepeþ nouȝt hem self Grees, but Romayses.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 271 Þe Grees [v.r. Gres].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7060 In his time was troi nomyn, And thoru þe grece [Gött. grekis, Fairf. greges, Trin. Cambr. grekes] ouercomyn.
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