† grindeladj.
Obsolete.
Fierce; angry.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adjective] > furiously angry
grim971
aweddeOE
woodlyc1000
anburstc1275
woodc1275
aburstc1300
eagerc1325
brotheful1330
brothely1330
furiousc1374
wroth as (the) wind1377
throc1380
fella1382
wrothlya1400
grindelc1400
raginga1425
furibund1490
bremit1535
outraging1567
fulminant?1578
wood-like1578
horn-mad1579
snuff1582
woodful1582
maddeda1586
rageful1585
furibundal1593
gary1609
fierce1611
wild1653
infuriate1667
hopping mad1675
maddened1735
sulphureous1751
savage1789
infuriated1796
bouncing mad1834
frenzy1859
furyinga1861
ropeable1870
furied1878
fulminous1886
livid1888
fit to be tied1894
hopping1894
fighting mad1896
tamping mad1946
up the wall1951
ravers1967
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2338 Bolde burne, on þis bent be not so gryndel.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 524 Be noȝt so gryndel god man, bot go forth þy wayes.
Derivatives
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the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun]
foamc900
wrethec950
woodnessc1000
eyec1175
wrathc1175
grim13..
ragingc1300
ragec1325
furyc1374
fiercetya1382
fiercenessc1384
wrotha1400
grindellaikc1400
rasedheadc1450
furor1477
windc1485
furiousnessc1500
enrage1502
furiosity1509
passion1524
ourningc1540
enragement1596
enragedness1611
transportation1617
emportment1663
madness1663
foaming1709
infuriation1848
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 312 Your gryndel-layk & your greme & your grete wordes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adverb]
woodlyc1000
wood1297
eagerlyc1300
rowc1325
bremelya1375
grindellyc1400
raselya1450
furiously1555
storminglya1600
bouncing mad1834
ragingly1840
stormily1860
ragefully1865
infuriately1879
lividly1890
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2299 Ful gryndelly with greme þenne sayde.
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