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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grete, Greit, n.¹ Also: gret, greite, greyt. [ME. (chiefly northern) grete, gret (c 1250), f. Grete v.¹] Weeping, tears.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 385.
The alde this hard, & in grete Fel done til erde at hir fete Ib. xxix. 811.
Scho don fel til his fet, & out scho brast son of gret 1456 Hay I. 57/34.
Nane that saw it mycht hald for grete 1513 Doug. xii. ii. 49.
Persew me nocht thus with ȝour grete and teris(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 930.
Men … lad it done befor his feite With lamentacion and greite a1500 Henr. Orph. 139 (A).
All thi game thow change in gule & greit 1513 Doug. vi. viii. 10.
With huge greyt [Sm. greit] and murnyng 15.. Clar. iii. 112.
Full sorrowfull, and bristing out of greit