Greit

It's a gran 'thing to ken a lassie like yon, an' a gran'er thing yet to be allooed to lo'e her: to sit down an 'greit 'cause I'm no to merry her, wad be most oongratefu'! ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

B. Aleccain Tubalcain with out-state of Otto Attis 'greit' Spieling … Wis/o support ❋ Faxspielin (2009)

N3, The vseles morion shall On crooke hang by the wall. c1600 Diurnal of Occurrents (1833) 212 Ane greit number of hagbittis, corslattis and mirriounis, togedder with some vyne [etc.]. c1600 Hist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shadowz seem laik sky so it seems laik their on a volcano or so. greit piktur. lolzed me for sure. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Workshoppen var artig, endelig noe enkelt og greit på softwaresiden å bruke, og best av alt, ikke noe å installere eller vedlikeholde: Det enkleste er ofte det beste. ❋ Torill (2004)

Ye sall say, that hir [955] greit favour towartis yow movis hir to this. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

For thay did not onlie convene to the preching, dailie supplicatiounis, and administratioun of Baptisme, bot alssua the Lordis Tabill was ministratt, evin in the eyis of the verray ennemy, to the greit confort of mony afflictit conscience. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

Scottish king, of the earldom of South Caithness, which by the Charter of Alexander "under the greit Seill," above alluded to, Magnus also got. ❋ James Gray (N/A)

In verray deid we unfeinzeitlie repent, that befoir this we tuik nott better ordour that thir murtheraris and oppressouris, quham sche pretendis to nureise, for oure destructioun, had not bene disapointit of that greit provisioun of victuallis quhilk sche and thay have gadderit, to the greit hurt of the haill cuntrey. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

Hir Frensche Capitaneis, with thair suldiouris in greit companeis, in tyme of preching and prayeris, resortit to Sanct ❋ John Knox (N/A)

First, Be the greit and exhorbitant taxatiounis usit upoun yow, and yitt ten tymeis greittar preissit at, as ye knaw. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

November, nochtwithstanding the greit bosting of the ennemy. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

Sche allegeis, that sche, seing the defectioun of greit personageis, was compellitt to have recourse to the law of nature, and lyk ane small bird persewit, [964] to provide for sum sure retreitt to hir selff and hir cumpany. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

It is na mair pitty to see a Woman greit, nor to see a Goose go barefoot. ❋ Pappity Stampoy (N/A)

Edinburgh, for the redress of the greit enormyteis quhilk the Frensche did to the haill cuntrey, quhilk be thame was sua oppressitt that the lyfe of all honest man [952] was bitter unto him. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

Pepill, quhais voteis and consent ar to be requyreit in all greit and wechty materis of the commun-welth. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

For quhair thay burding him with the greit benefitis quhilk of thame he had resavit, gif in plane wordis he had purgeit him self, effirming, that the greitest benefit that ever he receavit of thame was to spend in thair service, that quhilk God be utheris had providit for him, na honest man wald have accusit him, and na man wald have bene abill to have convickit him of ane lye. ❋ John Knox (N/A)

Ingland, thair intelligence than was persavit: yit hir Grace trestis the Quene of Ingland (lett thame seik as thay pleise) will do the office of ane Christiane Princes in tyme of ane sworne peax; throw quhilk force was to hir Grace (seand sua greit defectioun of greit personageis,) to have recourse to the law of nature; and lyk as ane small bird, being persewit, will provide sum nest, sua hir ❋ John Knox (N/A)

Wishart's visit on that occasion may have been in August 1545, as we are told, "In this tyme the pest was wonder greit in all burrowis townis of this realme, quhair mony peipill deit with great skant and want of victuallis." ❋ John Knox (N/A)

It is nae mair ferly [137] to see a woman greit than to see a goose go barefit. ❋ Ramsay, Edward B (1874)