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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1500
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Gruching, vbl. n. Also: -yng, grutching, growching. [e.m.E. grutching, ME. gruching (c 1250), grucchunge (a 1225), etc., f. Gruch v.] Murmuring, complaining; complaint, reluctance. 1375 Barb. xvi. 9 (E).
He hym levit with a gruching a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 422.
For quhat thing thai bad hir do, But gruching scho ȝede it to a1400 Ib. xliii. 302.
The angel … That vald gif hyme his askine Debonarly but gruching c1450-2 Howlat 149.
Mony bewschyris Grathis thame but gruching [B. growching] that gait for to gane c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 1161.
As he commaundyt, but gruching thai haiff don a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1235.
Tharto and ȝow mak grutching … In bed thow sall neuer negh me nere c1420 Wynt. v. 476 (W).
He to Rome suld tribut pay Withoutin gruching or dellay
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