(a) God's grace, God's gift or favor making men or angels fit for heaven, forgiveness; (b) help from God for a particular moral purpose; (c) a special token of God's favor, miracle, charism; a supernatural gift or power; (d) a virtue implanted or stimulated by grace; esp., one of the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost; (e) as an attribute of God: goodness, mercy; (f) children of ~, baptized children; estat of ~, condition of one having grace; fallen fro ~, having lost grace; laue of ~, the new (or Christian) dispensation; light of ~, Christ; moder of ~, the Virgin Mary; time of ~, the Christian era; yer of ~, year of Our Lord, A.D.; (g) ~ accepting, ~ allouing, the grace which permits one's good deeds to be accepted as meritorious; ~ afore (bifore) coming, ~ afore going, ~ moving, ~ (bifore) stiring, ~ teching, grace enabling man to choose the good; ~ folwing, ~ helping, grace enabling man to do the good; ~ of fulloght, grace given through baptism; ~ of Crist, ~ of Jesus Crist, ~ of the Holi Gost; ~ of Holi Chirche, grace bestowed through the Church.

(a) Help from God in a secular matter; a material favor or benefit from God; (b) in titles: bi the grace of God.

(a) Providence; aventure (hap) or ~, chance or providence; (b) fortune, a stroke of fortune, one's lot, fate; fair (god) ~, good fortune; hard (ivel, mal, sori) ~, misfortune; (c) good fortune, a stroke of good luck; (d) as an imprecation: with hard (sori) ~; (e) peril, jeopardy.

(a) Good will, favor, kindness, love; -- also pl.; commune (worldes) ~, the good will of the people (the world); in (into) ~ of, in (into) the good graces of (sb.); of (special) ~, as a (special) favor; out of ~, in disfavor (with sb.); ben taken to ~, comen to ~, finden ~, geten ~, to gain good will, obtain (someone's) favor; haven ~, stonden in ~, enjoy (someone's) good will or favor; haven ~ of (to), stonden in ~ toward, have the good will of (sb.); ben at ~, do according to (someone's) wishes; fallen to ~, seek (someone's) good will; fongen to ~, receiven unto ~, take (sb.) into (one's) good graces; sheuen ~ (to), show kindness or favor to (sb.); (b) favoritism, bias; (c) an act of favor; a gift, boon; don ~, yeven ~ to, to grant (sb.) a favor, do a favor; (d) permission; of ~ or of duete, by allowance or by legal obligation; don ~, to give (sb.) permission (to do sth.); (e) mercy, pardon, reprieve; four monthes ~, four months of grace; don ~, to grant (sb.) pardon; putten in (to) ~, yeven in ~, cast (oneself) on (someone's) mercy; (f) good name, good reputation; (g) example of ~, for example; bi (for) ~ of, for the sake of; (h) bi ~ of, by means of.

(a) Attractive or admirable quality, beauty, charm; odour of ~, pleasant smell; vin ~, ?an attractive dish made with wine; (b) goodness, virtue, prowess, graciousness; save your (her, etc.) ~, with all due respect to you (them, etc.); as an honorific mode of address: your (his, etc.) ~; (c) of precious stones, plants etc.: power, virtue, property.

(a) Grace before or after meals; --usually pl.; (b) thanks, a prayer of thanksgiving; --usually pl.; don (yelden) ~, to give thanks (to God, a person); ~ doinge, thanksgiving.

(a) In surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.207]; (c) ~ of god, the plaster gratia dei, q.v.