Middle English Dictionary Entry
grillen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | grillen v. Also grullen. P.ppl. igruld. |
| Etymology | OE gryllan, gri(e)llan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To offend (sb.), provoke to anger; enrage (someone's heart); also, commit an offense; (b) to be sorrowful, grieve, suffer; me grilleth, it grieves me, I am distressed; (c) to shudder, quake, be afraid.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)4/18 : Þeo men beoþ þe bliþre..Þet þin muþ is betuned, [þe þu] þeo teone ut lettest, Þe heom sore grulde.
- a1300 Hit bilimpeð (Corp-O 59)30 : For-ȝif vs ure gult..Al swo we doþ þe us habbeþ igruld.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)1098 : Þat ich seide ouȝt him for to grulle.
- ?c1325 A levedy and my (ArmsAr 27)19 : Be thou nowt so hardy hir onis to grille.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)422 : Thou hase..gyffene þame sir Gawayne, and þat myne herte grilles.
- a1500 Play Sacr.(Dub 652)708 : Alas, þat euer I dyd agaynst thy wyll..That I with ongoodly wyrk shuld soo gryll!
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)49/46 : Thy bydding, lord, I shall fulfill, and never more the greeve ne grill.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)95/226 : These folkes shall haue their will that no nation shall them gryll.
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)99a : Sare..me grulleð aȝein mi muchele pine..ȝef hit mei beon, speare me ed tis time.
- c1350 St.Greg.(Cleo D.9)20/92 : Wepe þu namore; Þu makest min hert forto grille [rime: stille].
- c1390 Marie Mayden (Vrn)111 : Þou schalt vs socour in þi seruys, Þat greiþes[t] was for greuaunce to grille.
- c1390 St.Greg.(Vrn)20/156 : Mi sydes waxen grete and grille.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)165 : Game ne gle lyked hym noght, So gretly can he grylle!
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)632 : The grones of sir Gawayne dos my hert grille.
c
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)103 : Ȝef hyre herte ther-to grylle..Teche hyre thenne to calle a mon.
- a1500 Form Excom.(3) (Dc 60)24/780 : Lete also þe belles knylle To make her hortes the more grylle.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)78/340 : I pray you, hyde myne eyne that I se not your sword..lest I against yt grill.
2.
To twang the strings of (a musical instrument), pluck.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)142 : He song so lude and so scharpe, Riȝt so me grulde schille harpe.