(a) To injure (sb.), harass, oppress; cause difficulty to (sb.), obstruct (sth. or sb.); spoil (sth.), destroy; ~ to, injure (sth.); (b) to be injurious, cause difficulty, do harm; refl. be injured; hit greveth, it is injurious; (c) to be disobedient or disrespectful to (sb.), insult; offend (God, a god).

(a) To cause physical injury; afflict (sb.) with disease or physical injury; wound (sb.), damage (sth.); ppl. greving, injurious, wounding, noxious; (b) to suffer (a disease).

(a) To be physically painful, cause discomfort; cause pain or discomfort to (sb.); ~ in (on, to), be painful to (sb., one's body); hit greveth, it is painful, it pains (sb. or sth.); greved wod, maddened with pain; (b) to feel pain, be uncomfortable.

(a) To make (sb.) angry, enrage; ben greved with (at, to, unto), be angry with (sb. or sth.), be angered by; greved upon, displeased with (sb.); hit greveth, it angers (sb.); (b) refl. to feel anger, become angry; (c) so that hit not you ~, etc., so you be not displeased, if I may do so without offense, if it please you; (d) to be angry; of anger, angry words: to rage, seethe; ~ at (with), be angry with (sb.), be angered by (sth.).

(a) To make (sb.) feel worried or disturbed; agitate or depress (sb., one's mind or conscience); stimulate (sb. to lechery); tease [quot.: a1375]; bore [quot.: (a1398)]; frighten [quot.: Gawain]; ~ of, make (sb.) tired of (sth.); hit greveth, it worries or depresses (sb.); (b) refl. to be concerned or anxious; (c) to be frightened.

(a) To make (sb.) sorrowful, cause grief to, disappoint; be a cause of sorrow; --often with phrase or clause as subject; (b) refl. to be sorry, lament; (c) to grieve, lament.

To make (sth.) heavy, weigh down; also fig.; ppl. greved to, a nuisance to (sb.).