Middle English Dictionary Entry
angrī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | angrī adj. Also angre, hangry. |
| Etymology | From anger . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of persons: (a) ill-tempered, hot-tempered, irascible, resentful; stern, cruel (Fates); (b) incensed, angry; ?also as adverb; (c) of behavior: showing resentment or anger; ~ mod, ~ chere.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.427 : Men in þis londe Beeþ angry, as in Irlond.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.1051 : Nat to ben angry ne anoyed, ne grucche.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.30 : Malencolie..An hundred times in an houre Wol as an angri beste loure.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.779 : Bet is..hye in the roof abyde Than with an angry wyf doun in the hous.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1825 : He is as angry as a pissemyre.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)259a/b : Somme [beasts]..beþ swiþe wraþþeful and angry.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.3 : Aprochen gan the fatal destyne That Joves..to yow, angry Parcas, sustren thre, Committeth, to don execucioun.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)42/28 : Sho sal nott be trubellus, nor angri, nor ouir-obstinate.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)12 : Angrye: Iracundus, bilosus, fellitus, felleus, malencolicus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)18 : Awke or angry: Contrarius, bilosus, perversus.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)15.778 : My lord Is so spetows and so Angre.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)163 : He was..Totheles and tenefull..Envyous and angrye, and Elde was his name.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3157 : Why artow angry with my tale now?
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7703 : Ector was angry & out of his wit.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)45/13 : And Barnard spake noo worde to hym, as he that was angre and wrothe.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)25/24 : He that was angri of her gouernaunce smote her with his fiste.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)86.33 (v.2:p.101) : The iuge angry commaundid .. sharp reed spires to be shoven vndir his nailes.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.128 : I am wroth, I not how ofte..So bere I forth an angri snoute Ful manye tymes in a yer.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2158 : Forth he gooth with a ful angry cheere..He grynt with his teeth, so was he wrooth.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3306 : I answerd in ful angry wise. I prayed hir ceessen of hir speche, Outher to chastise me or teche.
- c1450 Bi a forest (Lamb 853)17 : Þanne seide þe synner with angri mood: 'Man, me þenkist þou doost raue.'
- a1475 St.Mary Magd.(2) (Dur-U Cosin V.2.14)214/30 : She seide with an angry visage: 'Slepist thou, tyraunt?'
2.
Of things and events: noisome, vexing; fierce (battle); severe (cold); sharp or corrosive (substance); inflamed (wound).
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.378 : He which erst a man was formed Into a womman was forschape. That was to him an angri jape.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1035 : Alum and alkaran, þat angre arn boþe.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2628 : To liggen thus is an angry thyng..Whanne that my love is not me by.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)10.60 : Sowe hit [lupine] er the coldes angri bite.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)14315 : This was ȝit the angriest stour..and þe most dolorowse and angwisschous.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)760 : Þogh I nat slepte, yit my spirit matte fful angry dremes.
- c1500 Juce of lekes (Hnt HU 1051)8 : Brokyn bonys wil it knyt And angrey sorys wille it flyt.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)8 : Molestus: angri.
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