Middle English Dictionary Entry
grāsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | grāsen v. Also gresen. |
| Etymology | OE grasian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of animals: to eat grass, graze; also fig.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2974 : And lich an Oxe under the fot He graseth..To geten him his lives fode.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)210 : Gresyn, as beestys fedy[n]ge wythe gres: Depascor, carpo.
- a1450(?1418) The herrere degre (Dgb 102)46 : For his mys-rulyng þou myȝt hyng, Þat shep myȝte grese vnder þy to.
- (1450) Complaint in War.AM 4186 : Certeigne catell..that weryn grasing in a pasture of the sayde John Brom'.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683)52 : A pulteer that selleth a fat swan For a goselyng that greseth [vr. grasethe] on bareyn clours.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.1241 : The soule shall goo grase in fieldis and in woodis.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)557 : Sheep in the pastur gresen with mekenesse.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 Lydg.HGS (Hrl 2251)p.118 : To grace [Lnsd: Trappurs of gold ordeyned wer for steedis; Sheep in the pastur gresen with mekenesse].
Note: New spelling
Note: Add as vr. to HGS quot.