- in the
Domesday Book, the village's name is
derived from the Old
English grēot + tūn
meaning "farmstead or
village on
gravelly ground", as the settlement...
- Edinburgh.
Gretna means "(place at the)
gravelly hill", from Old
English greot "grit" (in the
dative form
greoten (which is
where the -n
comes from) and...
- the
Roman Balkans. The root greut- is
probably related to the Old
English greot,
meaning "gravel, grit, earth", thus
implying that the name
refers to a...
- make
ground corn palatable,
later called grits (from the Old
English word
grēot,
meaning "gravel").
Hominy was
another preparation.
While this
became a...
- (strong verb) swim,
float gisl gīsl gīsl (masculine noun)
hostage greut grēot grēot (neuter noun) grit, sand,
earth grorn grorn grorn (adjective) sad, agitated...
-
Bromwich and Wednesbury. The
place name
Great Bridge comes from Old
English '
grēot' (grit or
gravelly -
meaning a
stream with a
gravelly bed), with the later...
- of 58. It is
believed that the name
Gratwich comes from the Old
English ‘
greot’,
meaning gravel and ‘wic’
meaning “lying on”, so
Gratwich means 'lying...
-
greas grejomp grejoc'h
grejont grejod ****ure grin gri gray,
graio graimp greot graint greor Conditional Present grafen grafes grafe grafemp grafec'h grafent...
- The
people of a
gravelly village being derived from the Old
English word
grēot meaning gravel. In 1086 it was
described as "Gretingeham" or "Gretingaham"...
