Middle English Dictionary Entry
grō̆t n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | grō̆t n.(1) Also grotte. |
| Etymology | OE grot & ?grota; cp. -grota in mere-grota. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A piece, fragment, particle, speck; a trifle, a bit, something tiny; al to grotes, into small bits; (b) a ~, a bit, at all; ani ~, even a bit; ech (everi) ~, every bit, every single one, every detail, fully, thoroughly.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)116/25 : Of al ðe brode eorðe ne moste he habben a grot forte deien uppon.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)472 : He karf on two here þrotes, And siþen [karf] hem alto grotes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)204b/b : Grotes in þe sonne bem comeþ of poudre.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6847 : He hewys hem offte alle to grotes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)58a : A grott: lens, lenticula.
b
- c1225 SWard (Roy 17.A.27)12/100 : Iteilede draken..torendeð ham & tocheoweð euch grot [Bod: greot].
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)677 : Heore freondes huy tolden euerech grot Hou Jhc hadde imad euerechches pot.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)1773 : Hou þis wyn was hidere i-brouȝt, For it was i-dronken er, euerech grot.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1250 : Wele y wot Þe kinges conseyl eueri grot.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)42/490 : Þe pouer begger in his cote Told him euerich a grot.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4257 : Ȝif þou grutche a-ny grot þus greiþli to worche.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4313 : Vnder þe brigge þan flet flagot..Of brede ys he a gret boȝe-schot, & thre spere-schaftes dep ech grot.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1292 : By god I shal hym quyten euery grot.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2602 : Fyre, watyr, þat he shuld note, þey cursed hyt euery grote.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)2528 : He..deliuered þaire prayes al and lote wiþ alle þe catel ilka grote.
- c1400 St.Alex.(3) (LdMisc 622)47/608 : Þries þai beren aboute þat lot, Ac on Ionas fel vche grot.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)2071 : Hys eyen, hys nose, and hys throte, Thay fylden wit golde every grote.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)17611 : How we might do that dowghty grome..to vs to come To telle his state eche grotte.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)prol.35 : Not to grucchen a grott aȝeine Godis sonde, But mekely to suffre what-so him sente were.