† ˈgrure Obs.
(-y-)
[OE. gryre (= OS. gruri), f. grus-, wk. root of gréosan to frighten.]
Fright, terror; something frightful, fearful agony.
| Beowulf (Z.) 1282 Wæs se gryre læssa. c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xxvii[i]. (1890) 364 In ðæm tunum..þa ðe..oðrum on gryre wæron to neosienne. a 1000 Cædmon's Exod. 489 (Gr.) He maneᵹum ᵹesceod ᵹyllende gryre. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1968 Þat alle þat hit bihaldeð schulen grure habben. c 1230 Hali Meid. 47 Greden ai, & granen, iþe eche grure of helle. a 1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 205 Ich bide þe..bi his deaðfule grure, and bi his blodie swote. |