greye in Middle English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "english": "her eyes [were] as gray as glass",
          "ref": "14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, \"General Prologue\"",
          "text": "hir eyen greye as glas",
          "translation": "her eyes [were] as gray as glass"
        }
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        "alternative form of grey"
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        "alternative"
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    }
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  "word": "greye"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "greye",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "grey"
        }
      ],
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        "Middle English alternative forms",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "her eyes [were] as gray as glass",
          "ref": "14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, \"General Prologue\"",
          "text": "hir eyen greye as glas",
          "translation": "her eyes [were] as gray as glass"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of grey"
      ],
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          "grey",
          "grey#Middle_English"
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  "word": "greye"
}

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"greye" meaning in Middle English

Adjective