Middle English Dictionary Entry
Greu n. & adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | Greu n. & adj. Also greue, grieue, griu, gru(e, grw(e, greuȝ, grev, griv, (error) gowe. Pl. greues, etc. & grẹ̄es, grēce. |
| Etymology | OF grieu, greu, griu, & pl. (oblique) grés. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Greek language, Greek; langage (speche, tonge) of ~; (b) an inhabitant of Greece, a Greek; (c) Greece; (d) as adj.: of words, language: Greek; (e) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)470 : Hit wes iwryten on ebreu, on gryv and latyn.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1559 : Greu, hebreu, and latin Was writen on þat parchemin.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)1180 : Of gru he made an a. b. c.
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prols.Rom.(NYPubLib 67)300 : It is no wnder..if he be wisere in his owne langage, that is Ebru, than in a straunge, that is in Grw.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.193 : Minerua in þe speche of Grewe [L Graece] hatte Athena.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.201 : Brundusium..haþ þe name of þa[t] worde of Grew [L Graece] brunta, þat is an hertes hede.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)24 : Ne mowe we alle Latin wite, Ne Ebreu ne Gru þat beþ I-write.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)306a/a : Of names of grwe is no charge, but we takeþ heede to latyne names.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21197 : Lucas was..Leche o craft, al lerd o gru [Göt: greu].
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)20 : And seth a maister of sotel engynne Turned it fro grew [LinI: gryw] into latyn.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)7/9,10 : Siurge comeþ of siros, þat is a word of gru [Add 12056: grewȝ]..& gyros gru [Add 12056: grewȝ], þat is worchinge in englisch.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)7b : Þat is callid cardiaca on gowe, and helpiþ evill humers of þe longgs.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)50/21 : Þere nygh where oure lord was crucyfied is this writen in Greew.
- a1450 3 KCol.(1) (Roy 18.A.10)49/11 : Þis word Magi in þe tung of Chaldee is as moche to seye as a Philosophre in þe tunge of grewe.
- c1450 Metham Palm.(Gar 141)84/5 : Arystotyl tranlatyd yt owte of Parce into Grwe [AS Grue].
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)prol.174 : For ovte of grev he hath it first runge This holy lyf in to latyn tunge.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)119 : The schipmen..seide in Grew that thei wold lede him to Constantinople to the emperoure.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)169/22 : It is tolde in grw his name xulde be jhesu.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.117 : Theodorus..instructe excellentely..in the langage of Grewe and of Latin.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)49/4 : Y..translatyd hit out of þe langage of grew yn to Calden, & out Calden to þe langage of arabye.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)437 : The messagers..saugh the letteres that Merlin hadde writen in griewe.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)33/12 : The name is clepede Algorisme, hade out of Algore, other of Algos, in grewe.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2080 : Þe grewes for gremþe ginneþ on me werre.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.175 : Þan were þe Grees [Higd.(2): men of Grewe; L Graecorum gens] i-cleped Romanij..And anon to þis day þe Grees [L Graeci] clepeþ nouȝt hem self Grees [Higd.(2): Grekes; L Graecos] but Romayses.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7060 : In his time was troi nomyn, And thoru þe grece [Frf: greges; Göt: grekis] ouercomyn.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19740 : Paulus..fast disputed wit þe gruus [Frf: gruis; Göt: greuus; Trin-C: grewes].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)180/7 : If a man desiriþ for to haue blac heeris as doiþ greuis & spaynardis, þanne make þis tincture.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.1.14 : To grewis and barbaris..I am detour.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)95b : How cowdest þowe speke hebrewe whyle þowe art a grewe?
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)610 : Greys & all pepyll in fere with dynte of swerde þey xall spyll.
c
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)22b/a : Dorus: flok of grew.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)31a/b : Grecor: speke as men of grewe.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.37 : Thei notede their yeres in thys maner: In suche a yere in the reigne of men of Grewe [L regni Graecorum].
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.117 : Sendenge Adrian thabbotte as a helper to hym, leste that he scholde induce eny thynges erroneus into the churches after the consuetude of men of Grewe [L more Graecorum].
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)330a/b : Concula..haþ þat name of þat grw word [L greco sermone] cote þat is to menynge keruynge or delynge..Metreta..haþ þat name of þis gru name [L greco] metron.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)39/4 : And þare whare oure Lord was done on þe crosse es writen in Grew lettres, sayand þus.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6361 : Clerk Cuydo..translated..her bokes In-to Latyne, Bothe of Gru and Troye langage.
e
- (1217) Close R.Tower 1333b : Nicholaus Grewe.
- (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.465,67 : Rogerus la Grue..Rogerus le Grue.