† gruren.
Obsolete.
Fright, terror; something frightful, fearful agony.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > [noun] > terror
grurec900
awec1175
dreadc1200
fearlaca1225
ferdc1330
ferdlac1340
gastnessc1374
tremorc1374
dreadnessa1400
ferdshipa1400
scarea1400
dreadfulnessc1440
raddourc1440
terrorc1480
cremeur1485
fearing1546
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. xxvii[i]. 364 In ðæm tunum..þa ðe..oðrum on gryre wæron to neosienne.
OE Beowulf 1282 Wæs se gryre læssa.
OE Exodus 490 He manegum gesceod gyllende gryre.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1968 Þat alle þat hit bihaldeð schulen grure habben.
c1230 Hali Meid. 47 Greden ai, & granen, iþe eche grure of helle.
a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 205 Ich bide þe..bi his deaðfule grure, and bi his blodie swote.
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