graith

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪθ/ Rhymes: -eɪθ === 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”). ==== Verb ==== graith (third-person singular simple present graiths, present participle graithing, simple past and past participle graithed) (obsolete, Scotland) To make ready; prepare; put in order; make fit for use. 1776, David Herd, Collected Songs (reprinted in 1870 as Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs): Gowden graith'd his horse before, and siller shod behind […] (obsolete, dialects, chiefly UK) To dress (someone or oneself) or be dressed. === 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”). ==== Noun ==== graith (countable and uncountable, plural graiths) (obsolete) Preparation; arrangement; condition. 1900, B.K., quoted in The English Dialect Dictionary, page 704: Is your razor in good graith? (B.K.) (obsolete) Accoutrements: clothes, materials, equipment, furniture, etc. 1797, An Account of Charge and, of John Bishop of Glasow, Treasurer to James III, for the Year 1474, rendered into modern English in The History Of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart: Item, to James Homel, to buy graith for the King's vellum doublet, 0[L.] 10[s.] 0[d.] === References === “graith”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === See also === gradely === Anagrams === Hartig, TIGHAR, a'right, aright == Welsh == === Noun === graith soft mutation of craith === Mutation ===