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Graith, a. Also: graithe, grath(e. [Northern ME. graith (a 1300), ME. greiðe (a 1225), ON. greið-r.] Ready, prompt, clear; straight, direct. (Only in early poetry.) 1375 Barb. iv. 759.
The euill spirit … gaf rycht graith ansueir hir to
a1400 Leg. S. vii. 580.
Grathe answer cuth nan be mad
Ib. xxiv. 249.
Til hyme grath takine gaf scho thane, Quhare-by he suld that mane ken
Ib. xxix. 891.
He … be thar taknis grath wit had That thai war his twa sonnis dere
c1475 Wall. v. 76.
Vndyr ane ayk, wyth men about him set, Wallace mycht nocht a graith straik on him gett
Ib. 959. Ib. 135.
Thair sloith hund the graith gait till him ȝeid
Ib. ix. 104.
Rycht weill ȝe may him ken, Throu graith takynnys, fullclerly by his men
a1500 Rauf C. 389.
Graith thocht of the grant had the gude King

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