Middle English Dictionary Entry
grẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | grẹ̄ n.(2) Also greez. |
Etymology | OF gré pleasure. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Good will, favor, pleasure; at thi ~, under your favor, at your pleasure; in ~, favorable; agreeably, suitably [quot.Yk.Pl.]; of the ~, to ~, willingly, voluntarily; to thi ~, to please you; out of ~, out of favor, badly, wrongly; (b) taken (accepten, receiven) in ~, taken (receiven) at ~, taken to ~, to look with favor on (sth.), accept with favor, accept willingly, take in good part; (c) to the gres, ?in a favorable state, unharmed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Cato(1) (Vrn)606 : Ȝif þou beo holden deore with frend, Him þou serue þe more to gre [F a gre].
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)1656 : Ȝe eyth, for ȝour treu leute, Alone i haue granted mi gre.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.272 : Þe erle of þe Marche Patrik..He did no maner wik, þe kyng gaf him his gre.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)348 : 'Ȝisse, Lorde,' quoþ þe lede, 'lene me þy grace, For to go at þi gre.'
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1936 : I dide my delygens to daye..And in daungere of dede fore dyuerse kynghttez; I hafe no grace to þi gree, bot syche grett wordez.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2748 : Harlottez and hansemene sall helpe bott littill..Bot here are galyarde gomes, þat of þe gre seruis.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)90 : Without him [logic, philosophy, divinity, and law] grees goon on out of gree.
- a1450(1411) Many man (Dgb 102)72 : Man, þou dost as a thef Þat hat holycherche gre, Whan men wold take hem wiþ repref, Þat to chirche he wole fle.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)369/338 : Giffe me in hye Jesu bodye, In gree it for to graue al alone.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1968 : The Kynge of Fraunce came pryckynge Ayenst Rycharde..And bad mercy, for Goddes corps..He sholde be in gree, and take lose.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)2850 : The kinge turned him ageyn..And [God] graunte him gree and grith!
- a1450 Gyle & gold (Sln 2593)p.256 : Now haght gyle get hym gre, Bothe in town and in cete.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.259 : Euery wight..Sholde preyen Crist that he this mariage Receyue in gree.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1151 : Sith a womman was so pacient..wel moore vs oghte Receyuen al in gre that god vs sent.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3485 : Iason..Hath take in gre what þe kyng hath wrouȝt.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4351 : He his ȝifte reseyued hath at gre.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6806 : For deth is now more welcome to me Þan is my lyf, and more I-take at gre.
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)37 : Al-thogh thee thynke this purpos sodeyn, Yit be nat heuy but in gree it take.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.529 : O god..my lowe confessioun Accepte in gree, and sende me swich penaunce As liketh the.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1969 : And if ye lyst of me to make Youre prisoner, I wol it take..fully at gree.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2306 : But if thou canst mirthis make, That men in gre wole gladly take, Do it goodly.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)197/9 : I trowe fully þat god loueth hem & þat god take hire seruyse to gree.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)599 : Lete no man grucche a-ȝens his fortune But take yn gre what god euer hym sende.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6212 : He was so myhti off auctoritee..That rihtful iuges his sentence took at gre.
- (1444) RParl.5.117a : The peny..be not paied to the Gaugeour..unto the tyme yat he or his Deputee have gaugid the Wynes, and than he to take and receyve his peny therfore in gree, withoute more encreas or avauntage therfor claymyng.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1038 : But nathelees truste I, your pacience Receyue wole in gree my wordes all.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1344 : The iugementz of god ben to vs hid; Take al in gree, so is þi vertu kyd.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)5797 : God wyll not take offerand of yll gottyn thyng..how suld he take offerand to gre?
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)79 : God..wolle accept and take in gree..oure good entent.
- (1478) Paston (Gairdner)5.313 : Your doughtyr sendyth yow part of syche poore stuff as I sent hyr fro London, besechyng yow to take it in gree.
- c1490(?a1449) ?Lydg.De SMCP (Chet 6709)73 : Moder of Cryste Iesu, Thys dyrge made In thy Reuerence Receyue at gre.
- c1500(1463) Ashby Pris.(Trin-C R.3.19)252 : Yet for goddes sake he plesyd in hert With hys trowbelous hurt..Takyng hyt in gre and therof nold reche.
c
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)112/27 : If þou fynde þanne þe vpspryngant or þe mountant in his contrary or quarreure, torne aȝeyn suyftly to þe greez [L illesus], and þe werk shal wel cheue.
2.
(a) Agreement, satisfaction; don ~, to give (sb.) satisfaction, do justice to; maken ~ of, make amends for (sth.), do penance for; maken ~ to (with), to make (one's) peace with (sb.), pay (one's) debt to; pay compensation or damages to (sb.), make a reckoning or agreement with; unto ~, as the price of agreement; (b) don (maken) his ~, don their ~, etc., to act in accordance with (someone's) wishes, give someone satisfaction, make someone amends, reach an agreement with someone.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)455 : A giv he haueth a-slawe i-wis..To his freont make þi gre, Oþur þou worst i-flem of þis contre.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)1430 : Ȝwane he haueth þat weork bi holde, Swiþe gret pris þarof he tolde; To Josepe he maude is gre.
- (1415) Rec.Norwich 1107 : Þo men yat thus shul be resceyued shal make gree wit ye Shireves as þey may acorde.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)694 : To purgatorie y shal..And thens twynne y nat til maad haue y gree Of the leeste ferthyng þat y men shal.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)101 : And the same trespasour..an other tyme be atteynt, be he awarded to the pillorye..and be he constreyned to maken gre to the seller for the forseid fyssh.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)4173 : He thenketh fast how that he To his lord myght make his gre.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)11595 : The grekes for hor greme vnto gre asken Gret sommes.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2060 : Yee be-hete me, And he myȝt be take, he shuld do me gre.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.35.28a : Thus schalt thu make thi gree with Iustice, þat Mercy and sche may fynali be accorded.
b
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.308 : He wild not do þer gre, þat terme þat he sette.
- (c1400) Higd.(1) (Hrl 1900)504 : Thanne the Danes were warned by Cristen men that thei schuld do the bischops gre [Higd.(2): make satisfaccion to the bischoppe; L præsuli satisfacerent].
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)45 : If ony man can trewli say þat y have don hem harm..y make largelich his gre whils my good wul streech.
- -?-(1415) Will in Som.RS 16401 : Thoughe they be noughte my tenauntes, I will that myn executours do her gre by god discrecion.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)923 : His men..come his cors forto stele, and made þe knightes gre, als we did, forto hele.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)621 : My frendes me counseyled..Þat I, with lownesse & humylitee, To my curat go scholde, & make his gree.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1498 : Be hym [Christ] clanset alle be we Of that we han done her amys, And thurgh penaunce made wel his gre.