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Gaelic Arthurian Legend Irish
Grace.
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Irish
From gran “grain, corn.†Grainne in ancient Ireland was the patron of the harvest. In later legends Grainne was the name of the beautiful daughter of a High King of Ireland, Cormac Mac Art. She had been promised in marriage to the king Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). When Grainne saw him at the wedding banquet she realised Fionn was too old for her and put a “geis,†a love spell on Fionn’s nephew, Diarmuid. They ran away together but Fionn’s pursuit prevented them from spending two consecutive nights in the same place. Megalithic sites throughout Ireland are still traditionally referred to as “the bed of Grainne and Diarmuid†(read the legend).
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Arthurian Legend
In Arthurian legend Igrayne is mother of Arthur.
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Indian
Fulfilled of Grains
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Latin
Mythological Ariadne who aided Theseus to escape from the Cretan labyrinth.
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Grace.
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Arthurian Legend
Taken from Igraine.
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Yiddish
(×¨Öµ×™×™× Ö¶×¢) Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, RAINE means "pure."
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French
Modern form of French Igerne, a form of Welsh Eigyr, IGRAINE means "maiden, virgin." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of the wife of Uther Pendragon, the mother of Elaine, Morgan le Fay (Morgause), and King Arthur. While still married to Gorlois, her first husband, Uther falls in love with her and makes forceful advances. She tells Gorlois who takes her to Cornwall without asking the king's leave, giving Uther an excuse to make war on Gorlois.
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Australian, British, English, Gaelic, Irish
Terror; Lovers
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English
English : probably a variant of Grein, Grain, a topographic name for someone who lived by an inlet or at the fork of a river, Middle English greine, grayne.Altered spelling of German Grein.Possibly an Americanized form of Norwegian Grini, a common habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads in southeastern Norway named Grini, from Old Norse grǫnvin, a compound of grǫn ‘spruce’ + vin ‘meadow’.
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Strong.
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English and French
English and French : topographic name for someone who lived by a granary, from Middle English, Old French grange (Latin granica ‘granary’, ‘barn’, from granum ‘grain’). In some cases, the surname has arisen from places named with this word, for example in Dorset and West Yorkshire in England, and in Ardèche and Jura in France. The Marquis de Lafayette owned a property named Lagrange, and there used to be a place in VT so named in his honor.
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Irish
Feminine form of Irish Brian, BRIANNE means "high hill."
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French
Variant spelling of French Igraine, YGRAINE means "maiden, virgin." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of the wife of Uther Pendragon.
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French
French form of Latin Ariadne, ARIANNE means "utterly pure."
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English
English : variant spelling of Granger.
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Arthurian Legend English
Mother of Arthur.
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English
Variant spelling of French Oriane, possibly ORIANNE means "golden."
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English
English variant spelling of French Lorraine, LORAINNE means "land of the people of Lothar."
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The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.
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A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
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A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
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Dyed in grain; ingrained.
v. t.
To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
imp. & p. p.
of Grain
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One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
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Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Grain
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A building for storing grain; a granary.
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Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough.
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To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
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A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
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Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
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An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
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Resembling grains; granular.
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A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited.
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Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc.
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See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b).
v. t.
To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.