Middle English Dictionary Entry
agrẹ̄f adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | agrẹ̄f adv. Also agrief, agreve, ogrefe. |
| Etymology | OF phrase a grief, en ~. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Angrily, with resentment; (b) taken ~, to take amiss, resent.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.155 : Þan spak Philip ogrefe..'þat was a fals brefe & forged wele.'
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4083 : I prey yow that ye take it nat agrief.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.191 : Taketh nat agrief of that I seye, For myn entente nys but for to pleye.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3781 : He takeþ it gretlich a-greef [LinI: in heorte agref].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.613 : She nyl nat take a-grief, Theigh thow do boote anon in this meschief.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)483 : 'Madam, takes not agreue [Thrn: to greue] A thyng that Y you say.'