grene

Meaning

1. green

   God sylf ġesēah ða ðæt hit gōd was swā, and hēt ðā eorðan ardlīċe spryttan growende gærs and ðā grēnan wyrta mid heora āgenum sǣde...ðā wyrta sōna wynsumlīċe grēowon mid meniġfealdum blōstmum mislīċe ġeblēode.

   God himself saw that it was very good, and ordered the earth to immediately sprout forth growing grass and the green herbs with their own seeds...and the plants soon grew pleasantly with manyfold blossoms of various colors.

   c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:

2. raw

   early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995)

   If you drive me out of your society, you'll eat your vegetables uncooked and your meat raw. [Said by a cook.]

Declension