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greger (1155)

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greger (1155)

gregier,  grejer,  greyer;  grieger  
  FEW:  *graviare 4,262b Gdf:  gregier 4,345a GdfC: TL: gregier 4,607 DEAF:  gregier G1308 DMF:  grégier  TLF: OED:  gregge v.  MED:  greggen v.  DMLBS:

v.trans.

1to distress, afflict, injure
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Dunc prist li reis un messagier [...] Sun message li ad chargied E a sun nevu enveied [...], La cui ire forment li griege  Brut WACE 4700
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  Qui autrui griege, sey ne liege  Prov vil 11.270
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Judas ke le (=J.C.) procura; ço mut le greva (var. (B: s.xiv1/4) grega)  Reimpredigten 135.78
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  E li seinz hoem ot mal repos, Car estrangement lu grejot Li chaut soleil qui lui bruslot  Dial Greg SATF 9469
2to aggravate, make worse
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  [...] ainceis sera Plus dure sa damnation Por sa fole presumtion, Car dreiz est qe li jugement Seit grejé del fol hardement  Dial Greg SATF 19514

p.p. as s.

grieved, injuriously affected
( 1312 )  Et pur ceo qe le poeple se sent molt greyez par diverses dettes qe leur sont demaundez a l'oeps le roi par somonse de l'escheqier, les queux dettes sont paez  Rot Parl1 i 284

[vcd]

See also:

agreger1  engreger  grejance  grejous  regregement 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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