f" GREEN. A common prefix to local surnames, many of which camaot be traced to their sources in the ordinary gazetteer, such as Greengrass, Greenhaigh, Greenhale, Greenhorne (!), Greening, Greenland, Grecnleaf, Greentree, Greenslade, Greenway, Greeuwell, Greenberry, Greengrow, (-grove,) Greenhalf, (-haugh.) Greensides, Greenacre, Greenhead, (-promontoi'V.) The prefix is the A-Sax. grene, and the comiounds mostly explain themselves.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.