Of his diete mesurable was he, For it was of no superfluitee, But of gret nourishing and digestible.
He kept his patient a ful gretdel In houres by his magike naturel.
Not to be behind the inhabitants of Cathay in a tale of wonders, the knight related to these Easterns "als gret a marveylle to hem that is amonges us; and that was of the Bernakes.
And here had thei alsgret marvayle," concludes Sir John, "that sume of hem trowed it were an impossible thing to be.
Aunt Haly say he see harnts whar walk 'bout in de gret house.
Belongs to the order called invertebraty, Wence some gret filologists judge primy fashy Thet M.
We'd assumed withgret skill a commandin' position.
Which if it were knowyn shuld cause bothyn your elmyse [enemies] and your frendis to thynk that ye dede it for rightgret nede, or ellis that ye shuld be a wastour and wuld wast your lyvelod.
By my trowthe, the rewardyng of syche folkys as hathe ben with me dwryng the sege hathe putt me in gret danger for the monye.
And so I thynk that my lady wyll send for yow; and if it wer your ease to be here, I wold be ryght glad that ye myght be here, for I thynk your being here shold do gret good to my brodyrs maters that he hathe to sped with hyr.
Ther has ben a gret breke be twyx Calle and me, as I schal enforme zow at my coming, wyche schalle be on Wedynsday next be the grace of God, who preserve zow.
Yt ys told me that yowyr hunkyll hath mad gret menys and larg profyrs to John Bakton to make a relesse to hym of Oxinhed.
Never the lesse they say there shuld come gret powere after the Emperorys son; but I be leve yt not, by cause they have ben so long of comyng.
Also like you to wete that I had sent you a letter be my ladde from London, and he tolde me he myght not speeke with you, ther was made so gret awayte upon hym and upon you boothe.
And Dowglas, that thar with him had A gret mengye, full egrely Assaylyt, and scalyt thaim hastyly: And in schort tyme ourraid thaim swa, That weile nane eschapyt thaim fra.
The banys haue thai with them tane; And syne ar to thair schippis gane; Syne towart Scotland held thair way, And thar ar cummyn in full gret hy.
And the carioune thar in haly place Erdyt, with rycht gret worschip, was.
And thai that saw sa sudanly That folk come egyrly prikand Rycht betuix thairn and thair warank, Thai war in to full gret effray.
Dowglas in part gret glaidschip haid, That the gud men off his cuntre Wald swagate till him bundyn be.
This same yere, at Awrastelynge, John Northwold, mercer, was sclayn at the blak heth, wherethorugh aroos a gret discencion and debate among the craftes of London.
In this yere was so gret derthe of corne in Engelond that a busshell of whete was worth xl d.
In this yere was here the emperor of Constantynnoble: and the kyng helde his Cristemasse at Eltham; and men of London maden a gret mommyng to hym of xij aldermen and there sones, for whiche they hadde gret thanke.
It was a real pretty place; the house stood under a couple of maples and a gret brook come foamin' down the rayvine and away through the medders to the river.
And the seconde tyme we came to New Colege, affter we trade declarede your injunctions, we fownde all the gret quadrant court full of the leiffes of Dunce, the wynde blowyng them into evere corner.
The young man is complaining to himself most piteously:-- Hit was gret wonder that nature Might suffre(n) any creature To have swich sorwe and be not deed.
Chaucer's perfunctory statement that the windows of his chamber were well glazed and unbroken, That to beholde it were gret joye, and that in the glazing was wrought .
A ful gret fool is any conseillour, That serveth any lord of heigh honour, That dar presume, or elles thenken it, That his conseil sholde passe his lordes wit.
And as they were in this doubte and feere, beholding the goodly Iewels, and durst not goe neare the bed, it chaunced that maister Thorello awaked, fetchyng a gret sighe.
Sutch power of porte, sutch maiesty most gret I tremble to beholde, and do confesse My lot to base, so worthy a blisse to get.
His Highnes also woll that ye shall moue the gret maister in that behalf For I assure you his maiestye moche tenderyth the aduauncement & prefferment of this Freer and thus hertelye Fare ye well.
Gret godes fame doith church proclame now to be lame and fast in boundes robbyd spoled & shorne from catell & corne and clene furth borne of howsez & landes.
Be it also observed that Englishmen then, like Englishmen of the nineteenth century, could not assemble for any purpose or conclude any regal or civic procession without a "gret dener.
The XVII day of Septembre a proclamasyon that alle vacabonds and loitherus boyth Englysmen and alle maner of strangers that have no master should avoid the cete (City) and subarbes apon gret pain.
And in another poem we have-- "And trees ther were gret foisoun, That beren notes in her sesoun.
Lif man or woman, more or lesse In his head have gretsicknesse Or gruiance or any werking Awoyne he take wt.
Torrent rides] And than seyd the kyng on-trew: aEuro~Yf thow get hawkys of gret valew, Bryng on of them to me!
Gret ruth it was to be hold, How his sword he did vp-hold To his son~ that tyde.
Trompettys on the waAEsAEs gan blowe, Knyght{es} semlyd on a Rowe, Gret joy wase to see.
A gret mayne{re}y let he make {ryght} 435 That lest aAEsAEs a fortnyght, Who so wiAEsAEs hys met take.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gret" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
