† gristbiting, vbl. n. Obs.
Forms: 1 gristbiot(t)ung, -bittung, -bitung, -bátung, 2 grisbating, 3 gris(t)bat-, 4 grisbait-, -bayt-, grysbating(e, -yng(e, grysbitting.
[OE. gristbitung, -bátung, f. gristbitian, -bátian (see prec.).]
Gnashing of the teeth.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. viii. 12 In ðyostrum wytmesto ðer bið wop and grist-biottung teða [Rushw. gristbatung, Ags. & Hatton Gosp. gristbitung]. 971 Blickl. Hom. 185 Þær biþ a wop & hrop & toþa gristbitung. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 33 A þer [in helle] is waning and graming and toþen grisbating. c 1205 Lay. 1886 Al was heora gristbatinge al swa wilde bares eȝe. 1370–80 XI Pains of Hell 248 in O.E. Misc. 230 Goulyng, And grisbatyng of teþe. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 11 Wiþ grisbaitinge, gruntynge, and whistelynge. a 1450 in Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) VII. App. 501 He had ofte herde the voys and the grysbitting of thilke soules that beth delyvered by prayers and almes dedes of cristen men. |