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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1760-1836, 1915
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GRUDGE, v.1, n.1
I. v., intr. To be grieved, to grumble, complain. Obs. in Eng. since 17th c. Ppl.adj. grudg(e)t, vexed (Sh., Abd., Ags., m.Lth., Arg., Kcb. 1955).Sc. 1760 J. Beattie Virg. Past. ii. 49:
Nor grudge, Alexis, that the rural pipe So oft hath stain'd the roses of thy lip.Mry. 1820 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 22:
I grudge I was sae scant o' mense As in my last to gi'e offence.Ayr. 1836 C. Lockhart Poems 91:
But dinna think I'm grudg't to see my neighbours blest.Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Benachie 129:
I'm grudget at ye bein' in sic an ull-teen.
II. n. A grievance, misgiving; a complaint, grumble. Obs. in Eng. since 16th c.Sc. 1765 Session Papers, Lord Advocate v. Baillie (13 June) 8:
They had a grudge at this [bank] note; and therefore desired the deponent to niffer it.Per. 1774 MS. per Edb.3:
An' gif ye mak' a grudge ava, Tell him, ye'll pit him to the law.Kcd. 1819 J. Burness Plays, etc. 16:
I've an ill grudge naebody but robbers dwall here about.
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