Middle English Dictionary Entry
grācen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | grācen v. P.ppl. i)grāced. |
| Etymology | OF graciier; sense (b) influenced by ME grāce 4. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To thank (sb.); (b) to grant (sb. a favor).
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)99a : Þus dude ure lauerd ihesu crist, ikepte on him deaðes dunt forte schilden us þerwið; igracet beo his milce.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.116 : We haue none [lymes] to laboure wiþ, lord, ygracid be ȝe.
- a1450 Rich.(Cai 175/96)3800 : Among vs be pes and acord, Graced be Jhesu Cryst oure Lord.
b
- a1450 Gowther (Roy 17.B.43:Utterson)65 : She praid to Crist..Shulde hire grace to haue a childe.