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† ˈgrisness Obs.
Also 4 grise-, 5 grysnesse.
[f. grise a. + -ness.]
Terror, horror, dread.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. i. (Tollem. MS.), The worlde is a place of trespas and of gilte..of grisnesse [ed. 1535 ferefulnes] and of schame. Ibid. xiv. li, Londe of wastynge and of grisenesse [ed. 1535 horrour]. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (E.E.T.S.) 153 Nero be-helde his chylde, and grysnesse therof hadd, and hym merwelid of Suche an shape. |