Middle English Dictionary Entry
agrẹ̄ven v.
Entry Info
| Forms | agrẹ̄ven v. |
| Etymology | OF agrever |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. greven v. and agraved ppl.
1.
(a) To disturb, trouble, or harrass (sb.); (b) to affect (sth.) adversely, aggravate, injure.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6300 : Eugredan feld Gorains & Craddoc & sore agreued our floc.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)35 : Some wolfes..shul be away..ȝif þei haue byn agreued in þat place.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)25b/a : Exacerbo: to angre or egreue.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.100 : I denye..Þat ony þing is good þat harmen may, Or ought þe hauere noyen or agreue.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)61/18 : We denouncyn hem alle acursed..þat agreuyn hem for whom þe þe sentence was ȝouyn, or agrevyn hem þat keptyn þat sentence.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)40b/a : By þe whiche superfluite he [the eye] myȝte happiliche ben a greued [L pateretur].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)271/33 : Þoruȝ þe agreuaunce þat dindimo haþ, siphac mai be agreued.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.9.7 : The herte of Pharao was inwardly agreued [L ingravatum est].
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)224/22 : In etynge and drynkynge..more than is competent..wher-of the herte or the witte be distoorblede and a-greued.
2.
To distress or grieve (sb.); to grieve or be sad; ben agreved.
Associated quotations
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2665 : Ȝe grettli aren a-greued, gaynli i knowe, for þise tenful trauayles.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)17.209 : By so þat no man were a-greuede [B: greued], Alle þe science vnder sonne..Ich wolde ich knewe..in myn herte.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2370 : Þat oþer stif mon..So agreued for greme..Alle þe blode of his brest blende in his face.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)36/32 : Synne offendyth god in his face and a-grevyth oure lorde ffull ylle.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)47/134 : Lat be good fadyr ȝour sad wepynge; ȝour hevy cher agrevyth me sore.
- c1475 Guy(4) (Cai 107/176)7602 : Whi makyste thow such sorrow now? I se full well be thy chere, Thou arte agrevyd in som manere.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)402 : Of my payne, whedre your tendre hert..be noght þer-with a-grevyde.
3.
Ppl. Annoyed, incensed, resentful, angry; -- occas. with ayein(es or with phrase.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)705 : Þe steward..parceiued þo Þat gret loue was bi-tvix hem to, & was agreued ful sare.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)273 : Þemperur..was agreued..And þe gode kniȝt a slouȝ.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)266 : Goþ til him swiþe, lest he agreued wex.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)634 : Fyrumbras was aggreued sare þat O[lyuer] hym stod so longe.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2057 : Whan that Diane agreued was with here.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.217 : Tostius was agreeved [L amaricatus] and was wrooþ.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3283 : Fortune..vnkynde to þe Troyan blood, Causeles ageyns hem a-grevid.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6894 : I am..inwardely a-grevid And astonid..Þat ȝe ar bold so me to excite.
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)1619 : Troile sore agreued was And smot a dunt to achilles.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)211 : Grevyd, or a-greuyd yn wrethe: Aggravatus, attediatus.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4863 : Þis lady was a-angryd & a-greuyd fulle sore.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)345 : A god ne sholde nat thus be agreved..he shal be..gracious and merciable.
- c1450 Mirror St.Edm.(5) (Cmb Ii.6.40)242 : But whanne þou miȝt nat have þat þinge þat þou coveitist, þou art so agrevid.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)130/13 : His hand was rather apeyred þan amended, so was þe hand of our Lord agreued up-on him.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)121/22 : Anon þe Emperour was gretly agreued aȝeynys hym.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4089 : Generides thanne was agrevid sore, ffor thoo wordes were saide in mokkery.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)167 : Þe Emperes was a-grevid wiþ the kynge.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.20rb (1.4) : For þourȝ exces of mete and drynke, þe kynde is ouerchargede and agreuede and so be cause þerof is digestioun stuffede and stoppede.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.28v (2.4) : By cause of emptihede in parties in þe body, gadrith & gendrith eyre & wynde in þe voyde places. & þan þat ilke wynd distendiþ, i. racheþ & bosmyth..þe places & aggreueþ al þe body.
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