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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GREEM, n. ne.Sc. form of Eng. groom. Also greeme. See P.L.D. § 128.Abd. 1783 Gil Brenton in Child Ballads No. 5. li.:
I had na pu'd a flowr but ane, Till by there came a jelly hind greeme.Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 94:
Twa milk white fillies for our bonny brides, . . . Their hilter's guided by twa trusty greems.
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