† gremth Obs.
[app. repr. OE. *gręmð(u = Middle Ger. gremde:—WGer. *gramiþa, f. *gram- grame a.]
Anger; rage.
| 1340–70 Alisaunder 279 Þe gremþe of þo grim folke glod to his hert. c 1350 Will. Palerne 2080 Þe grewes for gremþe ginneþ on me werre. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1720 Þe harmys þat we haue, & þe hoge lose; That the Grekes in hor gremþ vs to grefe broght. Ibid. 2545 Let other men Aunter, abill þerfore, ffor to shunt vs of shame, shend of our foos, And venge vs of velany & of vile gremþ [printed gremy: see Errata]. |