Gret(e)

, Greate ( III ), adj. great, large, I 22, 210, II 101, 240, III 9, 17, .; greatly esteemed, VII 40; big, boastful, XVII 379; many grete , many important people, XI b 207; smale and grete , grete and small , all, XIV c 22, XVII 90, 344; Grettere , compar. IX 70, 91; Grettest , superl. IX 182. [OE. grēat ; grē̆ttra , compar.]