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Graith

//ɡɹeɪθ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Preparation; arrangement; condition. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[…] tho' foul and tatter'd / In my present garb and graith"

  2. 2
    Accoutrements: clothes, materials, equipment, furniture, etc. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Item, to James Homel, to buy graith for the King's vellum doublet, 0[L.] 10[s.] 0[d.]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make ready; prepare; put in order; make fit for use. Scotland, obsolete

    "Gowden graith'd his horse before, and siller shod behind […]"

  2. 2
    To dress (someone or oneself) or be dressed. UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "At fairs he play'd before the spearmen, All gaily graithed in their gear-men."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English graith, graythe, greithe, from Old Norse greiði (“preparation, arrangement”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidiją (“apparatus, gadget”). Cognate with Icelandic greiðe, greiði (“preparation, arrangement, order, hospitality”), Faroese greiði (“requisite articles”), Norwegian greida (“implements, tackle”), Norwegian greide (“harness”).

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