Grecisc

Meaning

1. Greek

   Ða befæste se fæder philippus to lare þæt a heo on woruld-wysdome wǣre getogen æfter Greciscre uðwytegunge and lǣdenre getingnysse.

   Then her father Philip put her to school that she might be educated in worldly wisdom according to the Greek philosophy and Latin eloquence.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"

2. a Greek

   Rōmanisc̄e lēodan ongynnað heora ġēar æfter hǣðenum ġewunan on winterlīċere tīde. Ebrei healdað heora geares annginn on lenctenlīcre emnihte. Đā Grēcisċan onginnað hyra ġēar æt ðām sunnstede; ⁊ ða Egiptisċan on hærfest.

   The Roman people begin theirs, after the heathen custom, in the winter time. The Hebrews observe the beginning of their year on the vernal equinox. The Greeks begin their year at the solstice; and the Egyptians in the fall.

   c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

Declension