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graith

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɡɹeɪθ/

Definition of graith

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (Scotland, obsolete)To make ready; prepare; put in order; make fit for use.
    “Gowden graith'd his horse before, and siller shod behind […]”
    “And graith my horse!”
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verb

  1. (Scotland, obsolete)To make ready; prepare; put in order; make fit for use.
    “Gowden graith'd his horse before, and siller shod behind […]”
    “And graith my horse!”
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)To dress (someone or oneself) or be dressed.
    “At fairs he play'd before the spearmen, All gaily graithed in their gear-men.”
    “Where didst thou steal that goodly coat of green, That thou art graithed in?”
    “Many a winsome dwarf was seen, graithed in rich attire;”

noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Preparation; arrangement; condition.
    “[…] tho' foul and tatter'd / In my present garb and graith”
    “Is your razor in good graith? (B.K.)”
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Accoutrements: clothes, materials, equipment, furniture, etc.
    “Item, to James Homel, to buy graith for the King's vellum doublet, 0[L.] 10[s.] 0[d.]”
    “The Earl of Moray, however, looking very sharply after his royal sister's personal property, came to Sir Robert Melville's house and insisted "on seeing what graith belonging to the Queen he had got there." Among these were a knot of pearls and a piece of gold […]”

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Etymology

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”).

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