graith
/ɡɹeɪθ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Gowden graith'd his horse before, and siller shod behind […]"
- "And graith my horse!"
- "At fairs he play'd before the spearmen, All gaily graithed in their gear-men."
- "Where didst thou steal that goodly coat of green, That thou art graithed in?"
- "Many a winsome dwarf was seen, graithed in rich attire;"
- "[…] tho' foul and tatter'd / In my present garb and graith"
Etymology
From Middle English graithen, greithen, graiden, grathen, from Old Norse greiða (“to make ready, prepare, arrange, disentangle”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to prepare, put in order”). Cognate with Old English ġerǣdan (“to arrange, dispose, order, provide for, harness”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (garaidjan, “to enjoin”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂er-, graithen, greiða, *garaidijaną, graith, greiði
Usage
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable