▪ I. grame, n. Obs. exc. arch.
(greɪm)
Forms: α. 1–2 grama, 4–6 gram, (4 graim, 6 gramm), 3– grame. β. 2–4 grome.
[OE. grama, related to gram grame a. Cf. greme n.]
† 1. Anger, wrath, ire. Obs.
| α c 1000 ælfric Gen. xix. 25 God towearp þa swa mid graman þa burᵹa. ― Hom. II. 120 Wel hi sind Dere ᵹehatene forðan ðe hi sind fram graman ᵹenerode. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 223 Þa nam he mulcene gramen and andan to ðan mannum. a 1300 Cursor M. 2423 Þe king was radd for godds gram. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 596 Olyuere stert vp hol & sound; & spekeþ til him wyþ grame. c 1430 Syr Tryam. 1223 Hyt ys grete schame On a hors to wreke thy grame! 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. 220 Out on sic gram I will haue na repreif. 1621 Ainsworth Annot. Ps. ii. 5 Grame, grimnesse or fierceness of countenance. |
| β a 1225 Juliana 26 Þe reue rudnede ant o grome grede. c 1300 Passion our Lord 72 in O.E. Misc. 39 Þe Gywes..þerof hi hedde grome. c 1325 Body & Soul 70 Mid Godes grom. |
2. Grief, sorrow; harm. In pl. Troubles.
| α c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 212 æppla gaderian graman ᵹe[tacnað]. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 67 Mid te bitere grame þat alle synfulle men schule þolen on domes dai. a 1300 Cursor M. 8405 He is wis and o redi tung Þat neuer serued grefe ne grame. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xiv. 4 Þat..he dide to his neghburgh iuel ne gram. 1480 Robt. Devyll 44 That valyuant knyght am I That saved youe thre tymes fro grame. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. Prol. 161 All ȝour solace sall returne in gram. ? a 1548 Smyth & Dame 218 in Hazl. E.E.P. III. 209 Age doth me mvche grame. 1597 N. Mother's Blessing E 6, Gif thou haue an euill name It will turne the to grame. 1865 Swinburne Masque Q. Bersabe 114 By Termagaunt that maketh grame. 1872 Rossetti Staff & Scrip Poems (ed. 6) 49 God's strength shall be my trust, Fall it to good or grame 'Tis in his name. |
| β c 1205 Lay. 1435 Ȝe doð þan kinge muchel scome: Þer fore ȝe sculen han grome. c 1275 Sinners Beware 335 in O.E. Misc. 83 Þu vs hauest iwroht þes schome And alle þene eche grome. c 1306 Pol. Songs (Camden) 219 Oure wajour turneth us to grome. |
▪ II. † grame, a. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 gram, 3 Orm. gramm, 3–5 gram, 4– grame. β. 1, 3 grom.
[OE. gram, grǫm = OHG., OS. gram, ON. gram-r, f. Teut. root *gram-, grem-: see grim.]
a. Angry; vexed; furious. transf. of heat: Fierce. b. Grieved, sorrowful.
| α Beowulf (Z.) 778 Þær þa graman wunnon. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxvi. 10 Hwi synt ȝe grame [Vulg. molesti] þysum wife? c 1200 Ormin 7145 Maþþew..seȝȝþ..þatt tatt unnfæle Herode king Wass gramm & grill. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1228 Bi ðe desert a-wei che nam, In ard weie and hete gram. c 1275 Lay. 24774 Þe he greteþ mid his grame wordes. c 1300 Havelok 2469 God was him gram. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 106 Hir dede dos him fulle gram. c 1440 Gaw. & Gol. 471 To greif thair gomys gramest that wer. 1560 Proude Wyues Pater noster 190 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 160 Forbere your husbonde whan he is grame. |
| β c 893 K. ælfred Oros. ii. iv. §6 He swa grom wearð on his mode. a 1250 Owl & Night. 992 Hweþer is betere of twere twom, That mon beo bliþe oþer grom. |
2. absol. as n. pl. Devils. [So OS. gramon, ON. gramer.]
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 103 He..maceð of cristes leoman heoranna [read horena] leoman and of godes husa gromena wuniunge. |
▪ III. † grame, v. Obs.
Forms: α. 3 gramie(n, 3– grame. β. 3 gromien.
[f. grame a. Cf. greme v.]
1. impers. as in (it) grames me: I am grieved, vexed, displeased, in distress.
| α c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 69 Þanne ne þarf us noðer gramien, ne shamien. c 1275 Lay. 25216 Fol sore ous may samie and wel sore gramie. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 691 Oþer weys þee schal grame. 14.. Pilgrim's Sea Voy. (E.E.T.S.) i. 3 Many a man hit gramys, When they begyn to sayle. |
| β c 1205 Lay. 25216 Ful swiðe us mæi scomien: and ful swiðe us mæi gromien. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 2075 Þe king walde weden, swa him gromede wið ham. |
2. intr. To be vexed or displeased; to fret.
| α a 1300 Cursor M. 17836 (Gött.) Wid þair hertis gun þai grame. 1399 Langl. Rich. Redeles Prol. 41, I wolde be gladde þat his gost myȝte..grame if it greued him. a 1420 Hoccleve Min. Poems (1892) 43 Stif stande in þat & yee shuln greeue & grame. 1526 Skelton Magnyf. 1864 The crane and the curlewe thereat gan to grame. |
| β a 1225 Juliana 66 Þe reue gromede þat he grispatede aȝein þet wod he walde iwurðen. |
3. trans. To anger, grieve, vex.
| c 1320 R. Brunne Medit. 548 And for a lytyl wurde þou wylt men grame. c 1350 Barlam & Jos. (Bodl. MS.) 908 Þæt þu me hast gramyd þin hert auȝt be sor. c 1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 27 Gret schame it is us nakyd to se, Our lord God thus to grame. c 1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 348 Þan may þe sewere his lord serue & neythur of yow be gramed. |
Hence † ˈgraming vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 33 A þer [in helle] is waning and graming and toþen grisbating. c 1205 Lay. 6127 Þa seide Gudlakes sune mid gromiende speche, Ȝif [etc.]. |