Middle English Dictionary Entry
grisbā̆ten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | grisbā̆ten v. Also grisbaiten, grispatien & gristbeatien, gristbetien. P. grisbatede, gristbetede, grispatede, & grisbat. |
| Etymology | OE grist-bā̆tian, Merc. *grist-beatian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. grisbiten v.
1.
To grind one's teeth in anger or sorrow; ~ with teth.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)59/640 : Swa þe reue gromede þet he gristbetede [Roy: grispatede].
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)61/671 : Þe reue..fen [Roy: feng] on to feamin & gristbeatien [Roy: grispatien] grisliche up o þis meoke meiden.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)148/7 : Þet bitocneð bi lazre..on hwam ure louerd weop..and grisbatede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)291a/a : Þe leoun..grynneþ for wraþþe and grisbaiteþ wiþ þe teeþ [L frendit dentibus].
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)19354 : Þenne bigon þei wex al mate And wiþ her teeþ to grisbate.
- a1450(?a1390) Mirk Fest. (Cld A.2:Powell)7.38 (p.29) : Þenne were þey more angrud aȝeyn hym, and freton here hertus wyth envie wythin, and grysbat wyth hure teth aȝeyn hym.
- a1450(?a1390) Mirk Fest. (Cld A.2:Powell)33.100 (p.129) : Anone he begane to grysbate with þe tethe and rebukyd spytusly þe oþer Iew an bare on hym styfly þat he was a cristen man.