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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gredy, a. Also: gredie, greedie, greidie, greadie; gridie, grydy; greddie. [e.m.E. greedie, greadye, ME. gredy, gredie, OE. grǽdiᵹ.] Greedy. a. Of persons and animals, or transf. of things. b. Of appetites, desires, disposition, etc.a. a1400 Leg. S. xxix. 751.
A gredy wolf hynt me c1420 Wynt. i. 415.
That foule … fell on caryoun all gredy 1456 Hay II. 57/32.
A realme quhare lordis … ar gredy to gudis a1500 Henr. Fab. 2891.
All thair flesche wald scant be half ane fill … unto that gredie gled 1513 Doug. x. xii. 98.
A hungry lyon … his gredy gammis bedyis with the red blude 1550 Crim. Trials I. 354.
He and his brother begouthe to grow greidie c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 541.
Euer gredie, and gaping still for more a1568 Scott iv. 90.
The moir degest and grave, The grydiar to grip it a1578 Pitsc. I. 19/2.
He over ran evirie man lyk ane greddie and vnsaceabill tyrane Ib. 127/23.
Ane greit part of the Inglischemen … , gredy for pray of geir 1596 Dalr. I. 299/25.
Grim, … greidie of authoritie, cleimes rycht to the kingdome a1598 Ferg. Prov. 23.
Ane gridie man God heatistransf. c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1743.
That gredy flude swelledb. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 1048.
Thru priyd & awaris gredy 1456 Hay I. 27/26.
The gredy couatis of the said Bartilmew a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1220.
Ȝour gredy thrist tressour to multiplie c1515 Asl. MS. I. 177/15.
Gredy hert followis gret scaith 1562-3 Winȝet II. 13/1.
Quhare thai … hes tane sa gredy a fil … of the poysoun 1567 G. Ball. 74.
Ane gredie stomokis appetyte a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlvii. 8.
Sik gredie grippis I feell 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Pref. A 3.
The … gredie ambition of them, quha were called kirkmen