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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1501-1513

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Grys(e, Gryis, Grise, v. [ME. gryse, grise, earlier grisen (c 1200), OE. *grísan: see Agrys v. Only in Douglas (from English).] a. intr. To be full of horror, shudder. b. tr. To terrify, affright. —1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 637.
Terribill thochtis oft my hart did gryis
1513 Id. Æn. i. xii. 21.
Albeit my spreit abhorris, and doith grys [v.r. grise] Tharon forto remember
1513 Ib. vi. ii. 52.
Na kynd of pane may rys Onknaw to me, of new that may me grys [Sm. grise, R. gryse]

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