† gro Obs.
Also 3–4 gra.
[Properly the neut. of an adj., ad. ON. grá-r: see grey a.]
1. A kind of fur. [Cf. MHG. grâ.]
| c 1230 Hali Meid. 43 As ewel vnder grei as under grene and gra. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. v. 26 Glad under gore in gro ant in grys. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 42 Es he nan of tha That er cled in gren and gra. c 1460 Launfal 237 Har manteles wer of grene felwet..Ipelvred with grys and gro. |
2. An evil spirit. [Cf. ON. grá-r = spiteful.]
| a 1225 St. Marher. 6 Ant tu, grisliche gra..þi mihte schal unmuchelin. a 1225 Juliana 53 Heo..of þat grisliche gra weren a-grisen swiðe. |