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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grys(e, Gryce, Gris(e, n. Also: gryis. [ME. gryse, grise (a 1225), ON. grís-s (Norw., Sw., Da. gris) young pig, pig.] A pig, esp. a young pig, sucking pig.(a) sing. a1400 Leg. S. xx. 119.
A gryse … a wolfe has fra me tane a1500 Colk. Sow ii. 53.
A pig sum callis a grys 1556 Crim. Trials I. 390*.
The pryce of … the gryse xij d a1605 Montg. Flyt. 88.
Ȝour gryses grunȝie is gracelesse and gowked a1651 Calderwood VII. 633.
Buckinghame caused baptise a gryse 1636 Orkney Bishop Ct. 97 b.
To vnderly the law for … steilling of ane grys 1641 Acts V. 613/2.
All and sundrie the small teyndis, … stirk, guise, gryse [etc.]pl. 14.. Acts I. 41/2.
That na castellane sall ryn in the town … to sla swyne, grysys, na geyse 1513 Doug. viii. i. 56.
A mekill swyne With thretty hed ferreyt of grysys fyne 1558 Reg. Cupar A. II. 254.
The teind eggis, geis, and gryssis 1590 Edinb. Test. XXII. 144 b.
Ane sow with hir gryses a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 3.
A yeeld sow was never good to gryses 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II. 258.
Brood swyne and grysses 1658 Edinb. Test. LXIX. 131.
Ane sou with tuo grysses(b) 1535 Prestwick B. Rec. 54.
The inquest fyndis Jonet Huntter for iij ald swyne iij p[enn]eis, for the gryce ane p'e 1535 Stewart 49788.
Mony laborus men, Quhilk brocht with thame bayth guis, and gryce, and hen a1568 Bann. MS. 137 b/18.
My berne, … hes of hir awin Ane gus, ane gryce, ane cok, ane hen 1580 Inverness B. Rec. I. 282.
The said dog slew ane sowe … quhilk sowe was full of gryces 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Nefrens, porcellus, sucula, a gryce 1622 Orkney & Zetl. Test. I. 86 b.
Ane gryce, pryce x s. 1662 Crim. Trials III. 605.
It [a clay image of a child] was lyk a pow or a slain gryce 1693 Foulis Acc. Bk. 154.
To my wife to pay for gryces(c) 1476 Prestwick B. Rec. 27.
Wrangwisly he held a gris daili ettand his corn 1491 Dunferm. B. Rec. 33.
Jamy Malcom in amerciament for a gris a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 427.
Thow beggit … Collapis, cruddis, mele, grotis, grisis and geis 1531 Bell. Boece II. 164.
Ane swine that eitis hir grisis 1583 Sat. P. xlv. Pref. 71.
Fra they gat the drapping grise they wanted(d) 1523 Stirling B. Rec. I. 18.
The sellin of ane sowe … , that condicionit that scho was with gryissis a1568 Bann. MS. 141 a/27.
Than kissit I hir anis or twyis And scho to gruntill as a gryis 1576 Orkney Oppress. 48.
Thair was not ane in that parochin … that had samikle as ane gryis

b. The sing. form as coll. c 1390 Reg. Morton I. Append. xl.
Oxin and ky, stotis and grys of syndri eildis and syndri hewis c 1489 Liber Aberbr. 262.
To by lammys, velis, grys and chekinis 1543 Rep. Hist. MSS. XV. App. ix. 19.
With all and sindry teynd schavis, … stirkis, geise, grise, etc. 1594 Reg. Great S. 34 n.
2 brod swyne, profits of each in grys, 8 merks