Middle English Dictionary Entry

grẹ̄ n.(2)
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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.
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.