Middle English Dictionary Entry
crīen v.
Entry Info
Forms | crīen v. Also criȝen, crin, creien, crein. P.ppl. i)crīed, criȝed, ecrīed, i)crīd. |
Etymology | OF crïer, criier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To cry out, shout, yell; sing; criing vois, a loud voice; criing wordes, shouted words, loud words; ~ out; (b) to cry out (sth.), utter; ask (a question) loudly; ben cried, be shouted; ~ havok; (c) ~ forth, to call or drive (sth.) out (from a place); ~ of, talk about (sth.); (d) ppl. as noun: one who utters, a crier.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Wright)p.22 : Tho hi [devils] ne miȝte come ther neȝ, hi gonne to crie [Ld: ȝeolle] faste.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)152 : Homme parle, homme braye: cryet.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1977 : He gan to clepe & crie & gan to kurse fast.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3725 : The peple cried and rombled vp and doun.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.50.18 : Thanne crieden out the sonus of Aron.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.636 : Thanne wolde he speke and crye as he were wood.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3124 : In Pilates voys he gan to crye.
- c1390 In a Chirche (Vrn)10 : Alle þe queristres in þat qwer, On þat word fast gon þei cri.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)929 : Wiþ cryeyng [LinI: cryende] and þretyng wordes Hij metten, wiþ speres ordes.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)2 Kings 18.25 : The weyter..sawȝ a man aloone rennynge, and cryinge out shewide to the kyng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)136a/a : And for to crie [L clamare] & stir hem wiþ a criyng [L clamosa] voice is proffitable.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1790 : But, and thow crye or noyse make..This swerd thourghout thyn herte shal I ryve.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)251 : Howtyn or cryen as shepmenn: Celeumo.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)3 : Full ofton he cryethe & wyste[leth] tyl he be sor a-thryst.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)367/348 : The erthe and the eyer is ful of melodye..What-sumeuer they be, hougely they crye.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)30b : To Cry owt: Exclamare.
- a1500(c1380) Wycl.Papa (Ryl Eng 86)460 : God seiþ..þat his wisdom cryeþ in stretis.
b
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)279 : Alle þai crieden o wode wulues wise, 'Heng heng þat treitur, ihesus, on rode.'
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)213 : He quakede & cride dulfulliche, 'louerd, merci, seint John.'
- a1350 Lytel wotyt (Hrl 2253)14 : We reowen sore ant crien euer to Iesu, 'Crist, þyn ore!'
- c1330(?a1300) Rich.(Auch)117/131 : His ost he dede at ones crie (Men miȝt it here in to þe skie): 'Now lassee [read: lat see] cum freyns musardes!'
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2377 : To þe puple he cried, 'helpes hastily, hende men i hote, vp ȝour liues!'
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.416 : They..cryden moore and moore: 'Crist..Is verray god.'
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 19.32 : Othere men cryeden othir thing.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2656 : He cryde, 'Hoo! namoore, for it is doon.'
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.3765 : Thei..criden alle with o stevene, 'Ha, wher was evere..So noble a knyht as Jason is?'
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.965 : Ne euery appul that is fair at eye Ne is nat good, what so men clappe or crye.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)1708 : Þey..cryden, 'traytour, aȝelde þe anoon.'
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4958 : First she cried, 'a!'
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)727 : And euer þei cryede many a stounde, 'Alas, how harde we lie here ybounde!'
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13863 : He cam criynge [vr. criand] wiþ his bataille, 'Agayn, ȝe Bretons, þe Romayns asaille!'
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)2107 : No man..Shal han on..but bothe [a lie and the truth] At ones..Be we cried or stille yrouned.
- a1470 Ordin.War Hen.V in RS 55.1 (Lnsd 285)462 : Also, that noman be so hardy to crye havok.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)11/362 : In þe xxviijti pagent xal judas..evyr crye 'Alas.'
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)5/30 : And a noyse of fendes cryyng: 'Sle, sle, sle!'
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)50 : Aske and crie thow with an high voice whens it cam to me.
c
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.10 : The medis clensid tyme is now to make And beestis from now forth from hem to crie [L a pecore vindicanda].
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)14837 : Of Ynge saw y neuere nought..But lewed men þer-of speke & crye.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.40.3 : The vois of the criende [WB(2): crier] in desert, 'Maketh redy the weie of the Lord.'
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.3.3 : This is he, of whom it is said..A voice of a cryinge [WB(2): crier] in desert, 'Make ȝe redy the wayes of the Lord.'
2.
(a) To blow a trumpet; ~ in (with) trompes, blow trumpets; of the sound of a trumpet: resound; (b) of a beast, a bird, an insect: to make a noise; of an ass: bray; of a duck: quack; etc.; (c) of the sea: to roar.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.3.54 : And thei crieden in trumpis, with grete voice.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.5.33 : Thei crieden with trumpis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)334a/a : A trompe is propreliche an instrument y ordeyned for men þat fighteþ in batayle to crye and to warne of þe signes of bataile.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1210 : Cler claryoun crak cryed on lofte.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Num.10.9 : Ȝe shulen crye with ȝollynge trompes.
b
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)p.152 : Ane recane: asse criet [Cmb: roreth].
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Trin-C O.2.21)247 : Cryes [Cmb: ourse braie].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)836 : Egle gerreie, Erne crieth.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4496 : He moste wynke so loude he wolde cryen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4580 : The dokes cryden as men wolde hem quelle.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.301 : Ne neuere swete noyse shul ye [crows] make, But euere crye agayn tempest and rayn.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3002 : Ther stant no gret tree..Wher on ther myhte crowe or pie Alihte forto clepe or crie.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)48a/b : Smale briddes crieþ & chitereþ more þanne grete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)279a/a : Þey [whelps] cryeþ and whyneþ and secheþ here moderes tyttes.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1701 : A kenet kryes þerof, þe hunt on hym calles.
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490)255 : Wolfe cryes.
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490)257a : Fox cryes.
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490)257a : Cryes [Cmb: thesson traie].
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490)263 : Cryes [Cmb: Li ane iaroile].
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490:Koch)p.62 : Cryes [Cmb: gruue groule].
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)3938 : Þa rauens cried euer onane.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)9a/b : Barrio: to crie as an olyfaunt.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)56b/b : Rudeo: to crye as an asse.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)499 : The goos, the cokkow, and the doke also, So cryede, 'Kek, kek! kokkow! quek, quek!' hye.
- ?a1440 Hortus (Brist-U)270 : Crocito: to cryen as a crowe.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)568/30 : Bombinco: to crye as a bee.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)576/44 : Cuculo: to crye as a Cokow.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)601/42 : Pepillo: to crye as a pecock.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)607/3 : Recano: to crye as a tygre.
- a1500 Blowyng (BodPoet e.1)p.234 : Thou syttyst at the ale And cryyst lyk an nyȝttyngale.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)158b/b : Þe see..crieþ and maketh grete noyse. And a criynge see and an vnpeisible is perilouse.
3.
(a) To call (to sb.), speak (to sb.); -- with o, on, onto, to, upon; ~ after, call out after (sb. who has departed); (b) ~ on (at, ayen, ayenes, out of, out on, out upon, upon), to cry out against (sb. or sth.); raise hue and cry against; object to (sth.); condemn (sb.); ~ on shame, cry shame on (sb.); (c) ~ upon, to shout the praises of (sb.), applaud.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.34.14 : Aȝen come shul deueles..the tothir shal crie to the tother.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.224 : Vigilate..faste on him criȝede, And seide, [etc.].
- (c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)346 : I haue..so runne & cried aftir hem þat my chaules aken.
- c1390 11 Pains(3) (Vrn)232 : Þe Angeles..Criȝeden faste to þe ffendes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5199 : Israel..Cries o þam [Frf: on ham].
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)616 : And to Petir he criede atte þe last, and seide.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.113 : A womman..cryede upon Crist and saide þus to him.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)27a/a : Be he called or cried on & suffred litel to slepe.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)337 : To your routhe and to your trouthe I crie!
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7782 : Ector cryed on his knightes with a kant wille.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)3.945 : There were other-maner persones þan she had seyn. But alle these in-feere on-to hir gan creyn: 'Welcom, suster.'
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.53.36b : Þi sowle..findiþ..fleschli þouȝtes criend vpon þe.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)6/30 : Þe womon criet vpon hym, and sayde, 'Vnsley old man, goo heþen!'
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)112/31 : Thus ben we vnkynd to hym þat..euer cryeth to vs, and sayt þus.
b
- c1300 SLeg.11000 Virg.(LdMisc 108)129 : Þe heþene prince iredi was..With manie luþare heþene Men, and al þis compaygnie huy nome And huweden and crieden on heom aschame.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3164 : On canados sche gan crie And made gret deray.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4233 : I crye out on [vr. of] the mynystres..That sholden kepe and reulen this citee.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1496 : Herkneth the tale er ye vp on hire crie.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.650 : Right for despit were peynted..pyes on hem for to crye and chyde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3213 : Þei gan echon to chace At Pentheus, & lowde ageyn hym crie, Reprevyng hym.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2686 : Whan Fortune haþ a þing ordeyned..þer is..no remedie þouȝ men on it galen ay & crye.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2029 : Who-so-euere þer-at crye or clappe, At þe last I skaped fro hir trappe.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.15.9 : Lest he crye aȝens thee to the Lord, and it be maad in thee into synne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.865 : What is..love the wers, though wrecches on it crien?
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1022 : Of that, I wolde upon the pleyne and crie.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Curates (Corp-C 296)157 : Alle cristene men schal crie out on þes deuelis blasphemyes.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)7/28 : Þe deuelys cryed up-on hir wyth greet thretyngys.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)651 : All þyngis I crye a-gayn þe pes to knyt & knaue.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)78 : Vp on þis Lincoln crieþ out opon þe pope.
- c1475(1459) Pros.Yorkists in EHR 26 (Roy 17.D.15)520 : Alle the world cryed aponn thaim þe whiche thay slewe.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)418 : Þanne þay..ben hirid hynes or woluys, & þe puple shulde crye out on siche.
c
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.646 : And ay the peple cryde, 'Here cometh oure joye And, next his brother, holder up of Troye!' For which he wex a litel reed for shame, Whan he the peple upon hym herde cryen.
4.
(a) To lament, wail, cry; ~ crie, utter a cry of sorrow; wepen and ~; (b) to lament (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Pass.(Hrl 2277:C.Brown)p.17 : Ac in þe neoȝeþe tide of þe dai oure louerd gan crie [Pep: wepe] & grede ffor grete angusse.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)305 : Heo criede & wep mid sorwe inou.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10168 : Þe bissops..felle adoun to is fet, wepinde echon & criinde pitosliche.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)78 : Sche crid & loþli bere gan make.
- a1350 SLeg.Juliana (Ashm 43)179 : Þe Justice bigan to wepe and crie.
- 1372 Lullay lullay litel child child (Adv 18.7.21)11 : Lullay, l[ullay], litel child, wel mauth þu criȝe.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)1221 : He wepeth, wayleth, crieth pitously.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.919 : Hir child cride, and she cride pitously.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)261/208 : Þis Breusteres douhtur..com criȝinde wiþ grisly mood.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2338 : He wepth, he crith, he axeth grace.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)1364 : Þen comeþ sir Ector-is Wyf..Wepyng and cryyng ful petously.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3907 : Sche wepiþ & crieþ.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)477 : For unnethes es a child born fully Þat it ne bygynnes to goule and cry.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)68/24 : And þis was þe fyrst cry þat euyr sche cryed in any contemplacyon.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)83/16 : Þan sche wept bittyrly, sche sobbyd boistowsly & cryed ful lowde & horybly.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)112 : That thou nere swift, wel mayst thou wepe and crien.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1043 : Þe childe cryed on hyght.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)113/14 : I for þe crye and wepe.
b
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3952 : Tragedies noon oother manere thyng Ne kan in syngyng crye ne biwaille.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.7057 : Who can now wepe or sorwe make, Þi gret meschef to compleyne & crie?
5.
(a) To beg, entreat; entreat or demand (that sth. be done); (b) to beg (sb. for sth.); ~ merci, beg mercy (of sb.), beseech (someone's) mercy; ~ of grace (merci), beg (sb.) for grace (mercy); (c) to beg (sth.); ~ merci, beg for mercy; -- also refl.; ~ grace (merci) of, beg grace (mercy) of (sb.); also, beg mercy for (one's sins, etc.); ~ merci on (to, unto, up), beg mercy of (sb.); (d) ~ on (upon), to call upon (sb. to do sth.); entreat (sb.); (e) ~ after (for, of), to beg for (sth.); (f) to demand (justice), cry out for (vengeance); ~ after (at), cry for (vengeance); with infin. phr.: demand (that sb. be punished, killed, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2443 : He gan crien, godes ore, þat he sholde of his hend plette, Wolden he nouht þer-fore lette.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4214 : It wil nat help, þouȝ ȝe clepe & crie.
- a1450(?c1405) Mannys soule (Dgb 102)70 : Ȝeue hem no þyng þouȝ þey crye.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)28.128 : Of me Sostenaunce shalt þou non have, Neþer non helpe, thowh thou Crye and Crave.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)673 : Thorow þe place þey dud crye To ȝylde that present to syr Gye.
b
- c1225 Lofsong Lefdi (Roy 17.A.27)305 : Ich cnawe me schuldi and crie lefdi merci [Nero: and creie þe, leafdi, merci].
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)37b : Crie him ȝeorne þrof mearci & are.
- a1300 Edi beo þu (Corp-O 59)22 : Ic crie þe merci.
- c1300 SLeg.Jas.(LdMisc 108)332 : Ic crie þe milce and ore.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)920 : Þe maister vel adoun akne & cride him milce & ore.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1036 : He & meliors mercy mekly hire criede to kuuere wel here cunseile.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2560 : If ȝe doþ as wyse men, mercy ȝe hem crye.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)1.77 : Þenne knelede I on my kneos and criȝed hire of grace.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)8.182 : I counseile alle cristene to crie crist merci.
- (1397) RParl.3.379a : I submettede me to my Lord, and cryed hym mercy and grace.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.209 : Þe pape þei felle biforn, mercy gan him crie.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)80/13 : Summe..crien God of mercy.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)31/11 : Sho sal cume..by-fore þabbesse and crie hir merci.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)250/12 : I cry þe mercy, blisful Lord, for þe Kyng of Inglond & for alle Cristen kyngys.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4945 : Blessude virgyn, y crie ȝow mercy..& beseche ȝow to forȝeue me now þis mysdede.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)144/26 : Accolon..wolde have had Arthure to have cryed hym mercy.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)200/28 : They with Pure hertes hym mercy criden.
c
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)340 : Wid reufulle herte mercy he gon criþe [read: criye].
- a1275 Of on þat is so fayr (Trin-C B.14.39)5 : I crie þe grace of þe.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2772 : He comen alle to crie merci Vnto þe king.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1563 : He wep and cride is ore.
- c1300 SLeg.Jas.(Hrl 2277)15 : Ic crie me milce & ore.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)120 : Al þos watris..Sal cri merci up god almiȝt.
- a1350 Iesu suete is (Hrl 2253)108 : Iesu, merci y crie to þe.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)540 : He þer-after of-þinkeþ sore And þer-of crieþ merci and ore.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1276 : Þei manly hem meked mercy to crie.
- c1390 RSicily (Vrn)331 : He criȝede merci with delful chere.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.3167 : And evere among merci sche cride, That he ne scholde his conseil hide From hire.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2789 : Ȝern on þaim he cried merci.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20746 : Þan crijd [Frf: cried; Göt: creid] he merci atte last.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.449 : Or a bedrede womman To crie a largesse by-for oure lorde.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.13 : Þe kynge cride to abraam mercy [vr. of merci].
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)739 : The folke hem bad mercy to crie To ihesu cryst of here folie.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)305 : And to mi fete fast þai fall On þaire manere merci to cry.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)177/19 : Þe sely seculer..juged hymself to-fore God and cried mercy of his synnes.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.32.20a : We schulde..mekli crie merci.
d
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)501 : On seint Thomas heo criden faste, is þouȝt forte wende.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9226-9 : He bed hom & criede on hom, ac al it was vor noȝt..He wep & cride on is men, þat hii ssolde on him rewe.
- a1350 SLeg.Juliana (Ashm 43)129 : So longe he on þis maide cride..þat reuþe of him heo hadde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4006 : Vpon the wardeyn bisily they crye To yeue hem leue.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2781 : On loth þai cried þaa huse a-boute, And bad þat he suld send þam oute þe gestes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3271 : Vp-on hym [Priam] sche [Cassandra] gan to clepe & crye, Besechyng hym to schape remedye.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1086 : He gan..On his knyȝtes furiously to crye..To peynen hem for to venge his wronge.
- a1425 Glo.Chron.B (Pep 2014)4423 : He cryed [A: þo gradde he to is felawes..To legge on vaste].
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)4/26 : He voyded & deferryd þe wrytyng of þis boke..not-wyth-standyng þe creatur cryed often on hym þerfor.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6504 : Then criet he full cantly þe knightes vpon..In hast for to hye to þere hed prinse.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)75/26 : Sho..abade still criand on hym to pray for hym [read: hyr].
e
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)143 : Aftur milce ȝeorne he cride.
- (1384) Appeal Usk in Bk.Lond.E.31/258 : And of al thys matirs I crie to my lo[rd] the kyng euermore of grace & of mercy.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2699 : He was..alwey cryinge after Emelye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.518 : Wayte what thyng we may nat lightly haue, Ther after wol we crye al day and craue.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)486 : Godd aght noght gif þam mercy þat þar efter wil not cri.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9610 : If mi sister saue moght all þat sco wald for cri or call, þou suld þan be duted noght.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)3.1 : Þanne ich knelede on my knees and cryede to hure [vr. of hure] of grace.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.753 : After the deth she cryed a thousand sithe.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)163/29 : Sche..cryed ful lowde a-geyn for grace & mercy.
- a1450 3 KCol.(1) (Roy 18.A.10)151/9 : He cryed to god of mercy & of helpe.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)160/29 : Crie to Crist for mercy and for grace for oure trespasse.
- c1450 Swarte smekyd (Arun 292)p.169 : Þe cammede kongons cryen after 'col, col!'
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.20.13a : He..sawȝ þe Publican..only criende aftir mercy.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)21.3 : Thou will that thai cry for hele of saule.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)101/16 : Þay, for woo of oppressyng, cryen to me for socour and helpe.
f
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4229 : He gan to crye Vengeaunce and iustice of this felonye.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1130-1 : His blod on erth sced lijs; Efter wrak [Frf: veniaunce; Trin-C: wreche] to me it crijs; It fines not at wrak [Göt: noght wrake] to cri.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)69/18 : Þat disturbliþ verry pees & crieþ open veniaunce.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.803 : Þe Grekes..vp-on hym..To be vengid loude gan to crie.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1068 : Allas! a prince to slen hym in his slepe..Þat crieth wreche to hiȝe God alofte And axeþ vengaunce to be take.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1472 : Þe vois of blood doth so ay contune To crye wreche with clamoure importune On hem.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Hrl 1766)2.1064 : Thow..Cryest euere to punysshe his greet offence.
- c1450 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 853)347 : Þi goodis þat yuel gote[n] are, þei crien vpon þee veniaunce greete.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)12/382 : The jewys do crye fast ffor to kylle.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)18/328 : Veniance, veniance, lord, I cry! for I am slayn, & not gilty.
6.
(a) To cry to God, pray; pray (for sth.); utter (sth.) in prayer; (b) ~ to (on, til, unto), to pray to (God, a saint, a pagan deity); ~ into heven, cry to heaven, pray; (c) to invoke (the name of sb.); ~ on (upon), call upon (sb.) by name, invoke.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)21.2 : Ha my God, y shal crien [L clamabo] bi daie, and þou ne shalt nouȝt here.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)118.145 : Ich cried in alle myn hert: 'Lord, her me!'
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.88 : I crie [vr. bidde] vppon my knes þat crist ȝiue hem serwe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7341 : Þan bigan þai cal and cri, þat godd o þam suld ha merci.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)113b : Ye shal beo in youre bedes crying and worshiping.
b
- ?c1250 Of on þat is so fayr (Eg 613)5 : Ic crie to þe, 'þou se to me, Leuedy, preye þi sone for me.'
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)263/73 : Heo hadde to þulke ymage longue i-crid and i-bede.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)479 : On god huy criden, and wepen sore, þat he scholde heom grace siende.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7916 : Sein wulston cride on god to ssulde hom fram hor fon.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)60.2 : Ich cried to þe fram þe cuntres of þerþe.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.9.46 : Now therfore crie ȝe in to heuen, that ȝe be delyuered fro hond of ȝour enmyes.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.262 : A þousent of Men þo þrongen to-geders..Criȝinge vpward to Crist and to his clene moder.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1788 : And ever on Cristes mooder, meke and kynde, She cryde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6228 : Þe folk o israel can cri [Trin-C: to criȝe] On godd.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)60.2 : Vnto [vr. to] þe þan cried I.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1716 : Þei gan clepe and crye To her goddes.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.94 : Þei maken us..crye on Crist to have helpe for failinge in our bileve.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)278 : Amyddes lay Cypride, To whom on knees two yonge folk ther cryde To ben here helpe.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)217/6 : Þu crydist to me wyth al þin hert, 'Lord..drawe alle my lofe in-to thyn hert.'
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)161 : He..cried kenely one Criste and his crede sayde.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)111b : My lord, my god, I haue ecryed to þe.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)50/237 : With lowly hert to god I crye.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)26.12 : I criyd till the stalworthly.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)30/15 : Þe schepmen..cryed to Seynt Steuen, And he anon aperet to hom.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)296/101 : They cry on crist full fast, And says he shall theym saue.
c
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.436 : O Furies thre of helle, on yow I crye! So lat me nevere out of this hous departe If I mente harm!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.216 : He cryde upon Criseyde, And to hymself right thus he spak.
- a1500 Mercyful quene (Arun 249)51 : Blessed seynt Gorge..fayle vs nat whan þat we crye thi name.
7.
(a) To make public announcement of (a tournament, feast, fair, market, trial, etc.); offer publicly (a reward for the return of lost property); ~ in market, make announcements or cry wares at a market; (b) to command publicly (that sth. shall be done), decree, proclaim; (c) to make (a proclamation), declare (sth.) publicly; ~ ban(nes, make a proclamation or an announcement; ~ crie, make a proclamation; ~ gre, declare (someone's) preeminence; ~ laue(s, promulgate (a law, laws); ~ pes, declare a peace; also, make (someone's) peace; ~ out; (d) to proclaim (sb. to be sth.); (e) to summon (sb.); ~ benk, summon a court of law; ~ on, call, summon; (f) to bring (sth.) to public attention; make known (orally or in writing); declare; ~ out; (g) cried at the crois, proclaimed at the cross of a market place.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3235 : A turnament þai lete crie.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.46 : He leet the feste of his natiuitee Doon crien thurgh out Sarray his citee.
- (1417) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120183 : That na man of the gyrdelercrafte passe oute of this cite unto na market bot alanely unto cried opyn faires.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)23 : Thanne they shulden doon cryen and aiourne tho same plees till an other day.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)393/363 : I loue þe..That me wolde make þi messengere, Thy comyng in erth for to crye.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1313 : He made in myddel of [þe] ost a market to crye.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.47 : Be then the iusting wase alle cryed.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)433/25 : He garte cry it [a lost sack of gold] in þe markett, & promysid..þat he þatt had fon itt sulde hafe..a hondreth of þe talentis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)554/16 : Kynge Arthure hath cryed a grete turnemente.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)30a : To Cry in the merkett: preconizare.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)2422 : A dede of armes I shall do crye.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)730 : Blancheflowre..Let crye and make a grete justynge.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)40 : A Bedil went bi the wey so to cry and to proclame: 'Who that hath founde suche money do yield it ageyn and..he shall have therof an hundred talentis.'
b
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)2440 : Hit was i-crid into al þat lond þat heo scholden beo up i-nome.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)7 : Heo liet crie..Þat alle þe giwes of þe cite bifore hire scholden come.
- ?c1335 Whose þenchiþ vp (Hrl 913)p.134 : Þe lyon lete cri, as hit was do.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2127 : Do quikliche crie þurth eche cuntre..þat þei wende wiȝtly.
- (1386) RParl.3.225a : The same Nichol..did crye openlich that no man sholde come to chese her Mair but such as were sompned.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.3468 : This Emperour..let do crien al aboute, Up peine of deth, that noman weyve That he baptesme ne receive.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.679 : And crid was that thei scholden come Unto the gamen, alle and some.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.41.43 : A bidele criede that alle men schulden knele bifore hym [Joseph].
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)1835 : This was ycryed þoruȝ þe countre, That hit [peace] schulde yholde be.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2246 : He dide cry that no man under payn of deth take any good fro no man.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)23/36 : They..lette cry that all men sholde departe.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)135/5 : Folk must forth ichon; It is cryed in every bourgh and cety be name.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)349 : Fulgencius..made to be cried thurgh all his Empire that all men shuld come of every nacion..to his paleys.
c
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)904 : His lawes made he cri.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2249 : A cri has be cried þurth cuntres fele.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2731 : Duc Theseus leet crye, To stynten alle rancour and enuye, The gree as wel of oo syde as of oother.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.1421 : And þus whan he hath crid it [a public announcement] oute..He ladde hire to the bordel tho.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.80 : To weche selynge lat crye þe bans þorgh þe town þe þridde day by-fore þe selynge.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.42 : In þat ilk toun did he krie a krie, þat alle..suld þei..forfare.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.143 : Þe pes did he crie.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1361 : Baltazar þurȝ Babiloyn his banne gart crye.
- (c1400) Gower PP (Eg 2862)174 : Whanne Crist tok his manhede, Pes was the ferste thing he let do crie.
- (1415) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.300a : The forme of a Proclamacyoun, wych schulde hadde bene cryde in the Erle Name.
- c1430 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/2)p.81 : To þe wheche sellynge schal þe banes be lat cryȝed þorw þe toun þe corte daies by-fore þe sellyng.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2768 : Hys pes, he dide hit sette & crye.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)52.761 : Ȝe A bane dyde Crye thorwgh-Owt ȝoure lond..Atte the Brigge to Iusten with A knyht.
- a1500(c1380) Wycl.Papa (Ryl Eng 86)460 : Þey shulden crye & telle goddis lawe to þe puple.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1024 : When pese [after jousting] was cryed and day tan, Kyng Ardus was a yoyfull man.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)20/408 : What, wilt thou cry my peasse thrughout this land?
d
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (LdMisc 108)57 : He let driue him out of Enguelonde and let crien him fleme.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.14 : Whanne þes signes crien hem holy, þei ben false to disseyve þe peple.
e
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.61 : He beden him..Crien on [Auch: clepe forþ] Bauston and Bewis, þe ratches þat him were woned te knowen.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)782 : To armes þe king lete crie Þe folk of al his land.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)5497 : He lete cry a parlement.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.281 : His benk he did þer crie.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1015 : Whanne þou Creydyst, we ganne a-gryse, & come to þee now par asent.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)677/17 : He..cryed unto harneyse all that myght bere armys.
- a1500 The fyrst day wan (BodPoet e.1)p.28 : The Juwys dedyn cryyn her perlament On the day of jugment.
f
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.20.8 : Now ȝore Y speke, criende out the wickidnesse, and the wastite I ofte crie.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)166a/a : In þise tweye hilles, blissynges and cursynges were ycried..noble and worthi men with preestis criede and shewede [L proclamabant] þe blissynges.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)233a/a : Þe scole and þe lore of erasistras meneþ and cryede [L clamat] þer is no þing bettre for broken bones.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.3 : For þer signes serven of nouȝt but to crye her holynesse, þat þei ben..chosen of God to his service.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)153a/a : It bihoueþ forsoþ for to euoide euery þingez replete, as Ipocras cryeþ [L clamat] in þe doctrine amphorismorum.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1808 : I shal in the stable slen thy knave, And ley hym in thy bed, and loude crye That I the fynde in swich avouterye.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2332 : For fere lest she shulde his shame crye..with his swerd hire tonge of kerveth he.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)189 : Eche þat comeþ to presthod takiþ þe office of a bedele..to crie to þe peple here synnes & vengaunce of god.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1322 : Pursevantes and heraudes..crien ryche folkes laudes.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)853 : Priualy þis bryd þai slewe; Of þe childre þe blame þai cryede.
g
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)148 : I herde hit myself Y-cried at þe crosse..Of custume of coylaige þe comunes shuld be easid.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)102/24 : Iche worde þat ȝe speke, God hereth hem as lithly as þoo þat þei were cried at þe crosse.
- c1450 I see a Rybane (Clg A.2)39 : Lette neuere..thy councell at þe crosse be cryde.