Middle English Dictionary Entry

crīen v.
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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.
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.
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.
4.
(a) To lament, wail, cry; ~ crie, utter a cry of sorrow; wepen and ~; (b) to lament (sth.).
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.).
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.
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.