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▪ I. † greme, n. Obs. Also 4 grem. [ad. ON. gremi:—OTeut. type *gramjo-, f. *gramo- grame a.] 1. Anger; wrath.
13..E.E. Allit. P B. 16 Þay..hym to greme cachen. 13..Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LXXXI. 94/30 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, þou slest and stonest prophetes wiþ grem. c1460Towneley Myst. vi. 73 He slo not, for old greme, these moders with thare barne teme. 2. Grief, harm.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2251, I schal gruch þe no grwe, for grem þat fallez. c1400Destr. Troy 603 With no gaudys me begyle, ne to grem brynge. c1435Torr. Portugal 1929 Hym to kepe frome greme. Hence † ˈgremeful a., sad; sorrowful.
a1300Signs bef. Judgem. 156 in E.E.P. (1862) 11 So sore i-worþ adrad iwis of ihsu crist-is gremful wreche. ▪ II. † greme, v. Obs. Forms: 1–2 gremian, 3 gremen, -ien, (4 grem), 4– greme. Also pa. pple. 3 i-gremet. [OE. gręmian = OHG. gremjan, gremen, ON. gremja, Goth. gramjan, f. OTeut. *gramo- grame a. Cf. grame v.] 1. trans. To anger, grieve; to vex.
c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. i, He..þa oðre elpendas..gremede. c1000Ags. Gosp. Mark xv. 29 Þa ðe forð-stopon hine gremedon & hyra heafod cwehton. c1175Lamb. Hom. 25 He gremeð ure drihten. a1225St. Marher. 12 Stute nu uuele gast to gremien me mare. a1250Owl & Night. 931 The niȝtingale was i-gremet. c1300Havelok 441 Þat he shulde[n] him nouth greme. c1400Destr. Troy 12153 Scho..myche gremyt þe grekes in hir grete angur. b. impers. (it) gremes me, etc.: I, etc. am grieved.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. x. 36 Heo me bed go my gates, lest hire gremede. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 42 Bot lenge where-so-euer hir lyst, lyke oþer greme. 2. intr. To become angry, be vexed.
c1400Destr. Troy 1006 The grettyst of Grise gremyt þerat. c1460Anturs of Arth. 524 (Douce MS.) And Gawayne greches þerwith, and gremed ful sare. Hence ˈgreming vbl. n. and ppl. a.
c1205Lay. 23489 Græmende segges gras-bæd isohten. a1500Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 197 Ther is reminge, greminge, veramente. |