Middle English Dictionary Entry
grīsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | grīsen v. Forms: p. grōs, grās & grīsed(e; ppl. grisen. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. āgrīsan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. agrisen.
1.
To shudder, quake; feel horror, be frightened; gruen (quaken, uggen) and ~; -- often with ayen, ayens, of, or with phrase: (a) with personal subj.; (b) refl.; (c) impers.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)165 : Here is..oðre wowe muchel; Of swilch mai grisen men.
- a1300 Wanne mine eyhnen (Trin-C B.1.45)10 : And min her riset, and min herte griset, and mine honden biuien.
- c1390 Ȝhit is god (Vrn)19 : Þei in herte bi-gon to gryse.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.134 : Gret tempest bigan to ris, þat gert þe schipmen sar grise.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7983 : Gladli wald he þam confund, To ger þam for him gru and grise.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21972 : Of all þar sal an rise, Þat cristen mast sal do grise.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)8532 : Sire Eldok, Hengist ful wel knew; His herte ageyns hym gros & grew.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)314/212 : I knawe my trespasse and my gilte; It is so grete, it garres me grise.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7222 : Sho began to gryes [rime: styes].
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)147 : The neȝer they com the lady, the sorer the gonne gryse.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)62/182 : Euery man shall whake and gryse Agans that ilk dome.
- a1500 Bevis (Cmb Ff.2.38)199/31 : Ther with ther hertys dud gryse.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)51/551 : Grisen him mahte þet sehe hu hit gront in to hwet se hit of rahte.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10214 : Of þat siht he gan hym gris [rime: þys].
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1461 : So sare þam gon þai gryse [rime: ryse].
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5361 : His neghburs þat hard him cry þar of þaim vggyd and grysed.
c
- 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, þet ham gros þe aȝan.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)20/22 : An unwiht of helle..se grislich þet ham gras wið þet sehen [Roy: ha sehen].
- ?c1225 Ancr.(Cleo C.6:Morton)92 : [Ȝe schulen bihalde sum cheare toward te pine of helle þet] ou grise wið ham.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)1314 : Þe gode kniȝt vp arose; Of þe wordes him gros.
- c1300 Evang.(Dlw 22)378 : He saw up rise A man, ant him bi-gan to grise.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)201 : Heo was a-nuyd and of-drad, þat hire bi-gan to grise.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7874 : Hyt was no wundyr þoȝ hym gros [rime: a-ros].
2.
To frighten (sb.), terrify; ben grisen, be afraid; ~ in mi sight, make me shudder to see.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)21972 : Cristen men mast sal he grise.
- c1400(a1349) Rolle MPass.(1) (Cmb Ll.1.8)21/65 : Þe blood ran þerewith, þat grysyth in my syȝt.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)960 : Ovt of his bed is Iason rysen; To wende his way he is not grysen.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2849 : That thre iugys shuld ful cruelly Wyth torment asseyn me to gryse.
3.
(a) To fear (sth.); ~ with, to feel horror towards (sb.); (b) to abhor (sb.); ~ of, to dislike (sth.), loathe; (c) ~ of, to grieve for (sth.); (d) ~ of, to be amazed at (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Judith 16.12 : The Persis grisiden [WB(2): hadden hidousnesse of; L Horruerunt] hir stedefastnesse.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21826 : Anoþer king gan þe sal rise, Þat i sal do þe wit to grise.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)369/64 : With my self sore may I grise.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Wisd.12.3 : Forsothe tho olde dwelleris of thin holi lond, the which thou grisedist; for hateful werkis thei diden to thee.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.64 : If þou grised [vr. grisest] of hire [Fortune's] treccherie, Than cast hire of [L perhorrescis].
c
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2140 : Of this petouse compleynt a mannys hert may grise.
d
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)153 : Of a more mekenes ȝyt mayst þou gryse, Þat he to hys treytur dyd þe same wyse.