† grutchn.

Etymology: < grutch v.

Obsolete.

1. Complaint; = grudge n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint

plainta1275

groinc1374

complaintc1385

murmura1393

grutchc1460

plainc1475

yammer?a1513

puling?1529

objecting1552

obmurmuration1571

regratea1586

repine1593

grumblinga1616

grumble1623

dissatisfactionc1640

obmurmuring1642

rumbling1842

natter1866

grouch1895

beef1900

holler1901

squawk1909

moan1911

yip1911

grouse1918

gripe1934

crib1943

bitch1945

drip1945

kvetch1957

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2408 I wold have..outid all yeur chaffare without gruch or groun.

c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) xx. 157 They that opteyne nat that they desire shal have thanne litel coloure of grucche, considryng that they lak it by the discrecioun of þe kynges counseil.

1553 Prymmer or Bk. Priuate Prayer sig. U.ii^v That I maye without murmur or grutch paciently beare this thy fatherly chastisement.

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxxix. 112 At last I spake: wyth murmuryng grutch.

2. = grudge n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > pricking or murmuring of conscience

wormOE

prick of conscience?c1225

bitingc1440

compunction?a1475

grudge1483

pouncea1500

grutch1509

pincha1566

remurmuration of conscience1611

twinge1622

wringing1623

twinging1816

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxvii^v Synne alway thretenyth vnto the doer, payne And grutche of conscience.

3. = grudge n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun]

wrathc900

disdain1297

indignationc1384

heavinessc1386

gall1390

offencea1393

mislikinga1400

despitec1400

rankling?a1425

jealousyc1475

grudge1477

engaigne1489

grutch1541

outrage1572

dudgeon1573

indignance1590

indignity1596

spleen1596

resentiment1606

dolour1609

resentment1613

endugine1638

stomachosity1656

ressentiment1658

resent1680

umbrage1724

resentfulness1735

niff1777

indignancy1790

saeva indignatio1796

hard feeling1803

grudgement1845

to have a chip on one's shoulder1856

affrontedness1878

spike1890

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xv. f. 29 Quenchynge the good opinyon and loue that all men had towarde me, and chaungynge it to a feruent grutche & hatred.

1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 542 Would you Looke Vpon that Splendour with or frowne or grutch?

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 27 Foes..To whom he bore so fell a Grutch, He ne'er gave quarter t'any such.

a1687 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 8 So hard it is, where an old Grutch is, To get out of a Woman's Clutches.

1898 A. Nicholas Idyl of Wabash 36 There'd been some old grutch atween him an' Bill.

4. The condition of a thing which is refused or given grudgingly; want, lack, scarcity. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything

littleOE

dear cheapc1325

dearth1340

scanta1350

scantityc1386

scarcenessa1387

scarcitya1400

chertea1420

penury?a1425

poverty?1440

penuritya1500

geason1509

carity1530

scantness1543

famishment1569

fewty1596

famine1611

stint1651

grutch1815

1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat II. 197 Too much is worse than grutch: it is the frugal use of pleasure that gives us pleasure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

grutchv.

/ɡrʌtʃ/

Forms: α. Middle English gruce, Middle English gruchche, Middle English grucche, Middle English–1500s gruche, Middle English grochi, grouche, grochge, Middle English groche, grocche, grochche, Middle English–1500s grutche, Middle English gruch, grosschen, Middle English–1500s grotche, grudche, 1500s Scottish gruich, 1500s– grutch. past tense Middle English–1500s gruched, etc., 1500s– grutched; also Middle English gruȝt, Middle English growht. β. Middle English grychche, Middle English gre(t)che, grychge, gricche, gryche. past tense Middle English gricched, etc.; also Middle English griht, gright. γ. Middle English gurche. (See also grudge v.)

Etymology: < Old French groucier, groucher, grocier, grocher, grucer, gruchier, to murmur, grumble (whence medieval Latin groussare), of unknown origin.

Obsolete exc. dialect or archaic.

a. intransitive. To murmur, complain, repine; = grudge v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

gruntc1325

plainc1325

musea1382

murmurc1390

complain1393

contrary1393

flitec1400

pinea1425

grummec1430

aggrudge1440

hoinec1440

mutterc1450

grudge1461

channerc1480

grunch1487

repine1529

storm?1553

expostulate1561

grumblea1586

gruntle1591

chunter1599

swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

α.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 141 Ne wreoke ȝe naut ow seoluen. ne gruchen.

c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 34 Hedden here euerich ane peny: þo wenden hi more habbe: þo gruchchede hi a-menges hem.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1084 Ȝyf..þou wylt nat bleþly þarto By þy wyl, but euer gruchande [Fr. groinant].

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 67 He beginþ to grochi betuene his teþ and grunny.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 137 He made places of socour for pore men, forto sese þe peple þat grucched [v.rr. grochgede, grutchyde] for þe oponynge of þe sepulcre.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 91 If he grucche, he shal pay ij^d.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 57 The People grucched, for thei fownden no thing to drynke.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1060 Shuldest thow grucche and thyne annoye bewepe?

c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 669 And ever she lay and growht.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xix. 221 Whethere that he will saue or spyll, I shall not gruch in no degré.

1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) xlviii. f. cxxxi The appellaunts wolde grutche & thynke theym [sc. the Judges] percyall.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 48 Rough handed Surgeons make the patient grutch.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O4^v Both did at their second sister grutch, And inly grieue.

1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant viii. med. xlvi If we receive for one halfe day, as much As they that toyle till Evening, shall we grutch?

1647 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Delights Muses 106 They seeme to grutch, And murmur in a buzzing dinne.

1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants (1692) ii. iii. 100 To be Stewards of our External Substance for the Good of Mankind..not Grutching.

β. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2557 Syr Gawayne was grevede, and grychgide [printed grythgide] fulle sore.c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. ix. 10 Þei haue peyne, & sone & liȝtly gretchin [v.r. gruccheth].

b. Const. against, with; of, at.

ΚΠ

α.

a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 275 Aȝaines al þe woh and te schame þat tu þoledest..neauer ne opnedes ti muð to grucchen aȝaines.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3493 Hyt ys grete pryde Grucchyng wyþ God.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 7 His peple shal be saved, algif preestis grutchen þere agen.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vi. 41 Jewis grucchiden of him, for he hadde seyd, I am breed that cam doun fro heuene.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 84 I grucche sore Of some thinges that she doth.

1432 Paston Lett. No. 18 I. 33 The whiche..shul causen him, more and more to grucche with chastising.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. iii. sig. Bvii His gouernance..is to the people more tollerable, & they therwith the lasse grutch.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xxvi. 116 [They] murmured and grutched at the costes and expenses.

1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms cvi. 16 At Moses they did grutch.

1595 W. Hunnis Life & Death Joseph 2 in Recreat. (new ed.) In all thinges that he saide or did against him sore they grutch.

a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 258 Can we grutch at any kind of service..when the Son of God was put to discharge the hardest tasks?

β. c1420 Anturs of Arth. xli Gawayne greches [Ireland grechut] þerwith, and gremed ful sare.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9367 Toax, the tore kyng..Gright with the gret & agayne stode.

c. with clause.

ΚΠ

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 359 Grutche we not þat many men þenken ful hevy wiþ þis sentence.

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxiii. 7 in Wks. (1640) III Doe not grutch That the Almighties will to you is such.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 231 Grutching much, that K. Henry the substance, and more, that Cromwell, His shadow, should assume so high a Title to himself.

d. said of the conscience. (Cf. grudge v. 5.)

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > be repentant or contrite [verb (intransitive)] > of conscience: to prick or murmur

prickc1395

grutch1508

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. ee.viii^v The conscyence alwaye prycketh & grutcheth ayenst synnes euyll commytted.

a. transitive. To be reluctant to give or allow (something); to begrudge; = grudge v. 2 (The quots. in brackets may be intransitive)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)] > be unwilling to grant or allow

begrudgec1390

grutchc1400

grudgec1500

repine1548

bethink1682

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly of [verb (transitive)] > grudge

begrudgec1390

grutchc1400

strange1439

grudgec1500

envy1585

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 123 Gyff his ȝhemar oucht gruchys [1616 Hart grunches; 1571 grunchis].

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 770 Wheþur þei graunte hit or gruche þei greuen ȝou ofte.

c1400 Rom. Rose 6465 If that prelats grucchen it.]

c1418 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 246 What unkyndly gost Shuld greve that God grucchede nouȝt!

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. vi. 77 The nedis nocht to gruich [1553 grudche], in tyme to cum, The gnawing of ȝour tabillis every crum.

1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript i. v. sig. E6^v My selfe haue some [foes], their liues I do no grutch.

1672 J. Crowne Hist. Charles VIII v. 64 Grutch not the love thy widdow to him bears.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 150 Who grutches Pains, that have their Deliverance in View?

absolute.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 810 Þay hym graunted to go & gruȝt no lenger.

b. with infinitive object.

ΚΠ

c1440 York Myst. xxxii. 243 He grucchis noȝt to graunte his gilte.

c1480 (a1400) SS. Cosmas & Damian 107 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 295 Gyf þai gruchit to do sa.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9315 If he gright with the grekes to graunt hom his helpe.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. v. sig. G.j^v At my first sending to come ye neuer grutch.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 179 Who would grutch to spend his bloud in His Honor's cause?

a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) i. 33 One would think, that a man of sense should grutch to lend his ears..to such putid stuff.

c. Const. dative or to.

ΚΠ

α.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13263 Þair heling groched he þam noght.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1347 Þay gruchen him his grace to gremen his hert.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9956 Neuer the grete for to grutche..All his lust & his lykyng.

1546 T. Phaer Bk. Children (1553) A ij b Why grutche they phisicke to come forth in Englishe.

a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) iv. sig. E4^v The angry woman me thought grutcht us our victuals.

1677 J. Crowne Destr. Jerusalem i. Ep. Ded. sig. A3 I am sure they will not grutch you the few Flowers that a poor Poet brings to strew in your way.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 62 Sheart, an you grutch me your Liquor, make a Bill.

β. ?a1500 Chester Pl. ii. 392 Gright they bene that grace.?a1500 Chester Pl. ii. 397 Against mankinde..To whom grace cleane is gright.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7072 Hit shalbe gricchit hym þat grace in his grete nede.absolute.?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 6 Lose them [the asses] bringe them heither anon Yf anye man gryche you as you gone..Saye that I will ride therone.

3. intransitive (apparently) To be stinted. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > be stinted

grutchc1530

c1530 Interl. Beauties Women A iv But for ye shall not dispayr I assure you No labour nor dylygens in me shall gruch.

4. To make a jarring or grating sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] > grate

grindOE

grutch1493

frais1513

grate1597

grit1762

rasp1868

grinch1892

crunkle1900

1493 Festivall (1515) 70 b They..grutched with theyr tethe for angre.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxi^v Styll grutchynge lyke vnto the frogges sounde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	grutch
释义	† grutchn. Etymology: < grutch v. Obsolete. 1. Complaint; = grudge n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint plainta1275 groinc1374 complaintc1385 murmura1393 grutchc1460 plainc1475 yammer?a1513 puling?1529 objecting1552 obmurmuration1571 regratea1586 repine1593 grumblinga1616 grumble1623 dissatisfactionc1640 obmurmuring1642 rumbling1842 natter1866 grouch1895 beef1900 holler1901 squawk1909 moan1911 yip1911 grouse1918 gripe1934 crib1943 bitch1945 drip1945 kvetch1957 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2408 I wold have..outid all yeur chaffare without gruch or groun. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) xx. 157 They that opteyne nat that they desire shal have thanne litel coloure of grucche, considryng that they lak it by the discrecioun of þe kynges counseil. 1553 Prymmer or Bk. Priuate Prayer sig. U.ii^v That I maye without murmur or grutch paciently beare this thy fatherly chastisement. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxxix. 112 At last I spake: wyth murmuryng grutch. 2. = grudge n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > pricking or murmuring of conscience wormOE prick of conscience?c1225 bitingc1440 compunction?a1475 grudge1483 pouncea1500 grutch1509 pincha1566 remurmuration of conscience1611 twinge1622 wringing1623 twinging1816 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxvii^v Synne alway thretenyth vnto the doer, payne And grutche of conscience. 3. = grudge n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] wrathc900 disdain1297 indignationc1384 heavinessc1386 gall1390 offencea1393 mislikinga1400 despitec1400 rankling?a1425 jealousyc1475 grudge1477 engaigne1489 grutch1541 outrage1572 dudgeon1573 indignance1590 indignity1596 spleen1596 resentiment1606 dolour1609 resentment1613 endugine1638 stomachosity1656 ressentiment1658 resent1680 umbrage1724 resentfulness1735 niff1777 indignancy1790 saeva indignatio1796 hard feeling1803 grudgement1845 to have a chip on one's shoulder1856 affrontedness1878 spike1890 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xv. f. 29 Quenchynge the good opinyon and loue that all men had towarde me, and chaungynge it to a feruent grutche & hatred. 1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 542 Would you Looke Vpon that Splendour with or frowne or grutch? 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 27 Foes..To whom he bore so fell a Grutch, He ne'er gave quarter t'any such. a1687 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 8 So hard it is, where an old Grutch is, To get out of a Woman's Clutches. 1898 A. Nicholas Idyl of Wabash 36 There'd been some old grutch atween him an' Bill. 4. The condition of a thing which is refused or given grudgingly; want, lack, scarcity. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything littleOE dear cheapc1325 dearth1340 scanta1350 scantityc1386 scarcenessa1387 scarcitya1400 chertea1420 penury?a1425 poverty?1440 penuritya1500 geason1509 carity1530 scantness1543 famishment1569 fewty1596 famine1611 stint1651 grutch1815 1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat II. 197 Too much is worse than grutch: it is the frugal use of pleasure that gives us pleasure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). grutchv. /ɡrʌtʃ/ Forms: α. Middle English gruce, Middle English gruchche, Middle English grucche, Middle English–1500s gruche, Middle English grochi, grouche, grochge, Middle English groche, grocche, grochche, Middle English–1500s grutche, Middle English gruch, grosschen, Middle English–1500s grotche, grudche, 1500s Scottish gruich, 1500s– grutch. past tense Middle English–1500s gruched, etc., 1500s– grutched; also Middle English gruȝt, Middle English growht. β. Middle English grychche, Middle English gre(t)che, grychge, gricche, gryche. past tense Middle English gricched, etc.; also Middle English griht, gright. γ. Middle English gurche. (See also grudge v.) Etymology: < Old French groucier, groucher, grocier, grocher, grucer, gruchier, to murmur, grumble (whence medieval Latin groussare), of unknown origin. Obsolete exc. dialect or archaic. 1. a. intransitive. To murmur, complain, repine; = grudge v. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 α. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 141 Ne wreoke ȝe naut ow seoluen. ne gruchen. c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 34 Hedden here euerich ane peny: þo wenden hi more habbe: þo gruchchede hi a-menges hem. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1084 Ȝyf..þou wylt nat bleþly þarto By þy wyl, but euer gruchande [Fr. groinant]. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 67 He beginþ to grochi betuene his teþ and grunny. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 137 He made places of socour for pore men, forto sese þe peple þat grucched [v.rr. grochgede, grutchyde] for þe oponynge of þe sepulcre. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 91 If he grucche, he shal pay ij^d. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 57 The People grucched, for thei fownden no thing to drynke. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1060 Shuldest thow grucche and thyne annoye bewepe? c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 669 And ever she lay and growht. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xix. 221 Whethere that he will saue or spyll, I shall not gruch in no degré. 1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) xlviii. f. cxxxi The appellaunts wolde grutche & thynke theym [sc. the Judges] percyall. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 48 Rough handed Surgeons make the patient grutch. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O4^v Both did at their second sister grutch, And inly grieue. 1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant viii. med. xlvi If we receive for one halfe day, as much As they that toyle till Evening, shall we grutch? 1647 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Delights Muses 106 They seeme to grutch, And murmur in a buzzing dinne. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants (1692) ii. iii. 100 To be Stewards of our External Substance for the Good of Mankind..not Grutching. β. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2557 Syr Gawayne was grevede, and grychgide [printed grythgide] fulle sore.c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. ix. 10 Þei haue peyne, & sone & liȝtly gretchin [v.r. gruccheth]. b. Const. against, with; of, at. ΚΠ α. a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 275 Aȝaines al þe woh and te schame þat tu þoledest..neauer ne opnedes ti muð to grucchen aȝaines. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3493 Hyt ys grete pryde Grucchyng wyþ God. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 7 His peple shal be saved, algif preestis grutchen þere agen. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vi. 41 Jewis grucchiden of him, for he hadde seyd, I am breed that cam doun fro heuene. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 84 I grucche sore Of some thinges that she doth. 1432 Paston Lett. No. 18 I. 33 The whiche..shul causen him, more and more to grucche with chastising. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. iii. sig. Bvii His gouernance..is to the people more tollerable, & they therwith the lasse grutch. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xxvi. 116 [They] murmured and grutched at the costes and expenses. 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms cvi. 16 At Moses they did grutch. 1595 W. Hunnis Life & Death Joseph 2 in Recreat. (new ed.) In all thinges that he saide or did against him sore they grutch. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 258 Can we grutch at any kind of service..when the Son of God was put to discharge the hardest tasks? β. c1420 Anturs of Arth. xli Gawayne greches [Ireland grechut] þerwith, and gremed ful sare.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9367 Toax, the tore kyng..Gright with the gret & agayne stode. c. with clause. ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 359 Grutche we not þat many men þenken ful hevy wiþ þis sentence. a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxiii. 7 in Wks. (1640) III Doe not grutch That the Almighties will to you is such. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 231 Grutching much, that K. Henry the substance, and more, that Cromwell, His shadow, should assume so high a Title to himself. d. said of the conscience. (Cf. grudge v. 5.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > be repentant or contrite [verb (intransitive)] > of conscience: to prick or murmur prickc1395 grutch1508 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. ee.viii^v The conscyence alwaye prycketh & grutcheth ayenst synnes euyll commytted. 2. a. transitive. To be reluctant to give or allow (something); to begrudge; = grudge v. 2 (The quots. in brackets may be intransitive) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)] > be unwilling to grant or allow begrudgec1390 grutchc1400 grudgec1500 repine1548 bethink1682 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly of [verb (transitive)] > grudge begrudgec1390 grutchc1400 strange1439 grudgec1500 envy1585 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 123 Gyff his ȝhemar oucht gruchys [1616 Hart grunches; 1571 grunchis]. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 770 Wheþur þei graunte hit or gruche þei greuen ȝou ofte. c1400 Rom. Rose 6465 If that prelats grucchen it.] c1418 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 246 What unkyndly gost Shuld greve that God grucchede nouȝt! 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. vi. 77 The nedis nocht to gruich [1553 grudche], in tyme to cum, The gnawing of ȝour tabillis every crum. 1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript i. v. sig. E6^v My selfe haue some [foes], their liues I do no grutch. 1672 J. Crowne Hist. Charles VIII v. 64 Grutch not the love thy widdow to him bears. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 150 Who grutches Pains, that have their Deliverance in View? absolute.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 810 Þay hym graunted to go & gruȝt no lenger. b. with infinitive object. ΚΠ c1440 York Myst. xxxii. 243 He grucchis noȝt to graunte his gilte. c1480 (a1400) SS. Cosmas & Damian 107 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 295 Gyf þai gruchit to do sa. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9315 If he gright with the grekes to graunt hom his helpe. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. v. sig. G.j^v At my first sending to come ye neuer grutch. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 179 Who would grutch to spend his bloud in His Honor's cause? a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) i. 33 One would think, that a man of sense should grutch to lend his ears..to such putid stuff. c. Const. dative or to. ΚΠ α. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13263 Þair heling groched he þam noght. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1347 Þay gruchen him his grace to gremen his hert. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9956 Neuer the grete for to grutche..All his lust & his lykyng. 1546 T. Phaer Bk. Children (1553) A ij b Why grutche they phisicke to come forth in Englishe. a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) iv. sig. E4^v The angry woman me thought grutcht us our victuals. 1677 J. Crowne Destr. Jerusalem i. Ep. Ded. sig. A3 I am sure they will not grutch you the few Flowers that a poor Poet brings to strew in your way. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 62 Sheart, an you grutch me your Liquor, make a Bill. β. ?a1500 Chester Pl. ii. 392 Gright they bene that grace.?a1500 Chester Pl. ii. 397 Against mankinde..To whom grace cleane is gright.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7072 Hit shalbe gricchit hym þat grace in his grete nede.absolute.?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 6 Lose them [the asses] bringe them heither anon Yf anye man gryche you as you gone..Saye that I will ride therone. 3. intransitive (apparently) To be stinted. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > be stinted grutchc1530 c1530 Interl. Beauties Women A iv But for ye shall not dispayr I assure you No labour nor dylygens in me shall gruch. 4. To make a jarring or grating sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] > grate grindOE grutch1493 frais1513 grate1597 grit1762 rasp1868 grinch1892 crunkle1900 1493 Festivall (1515) 70 b They..grutched with theyr tethe for angre. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxi^v Styll grutchynge lyke vnto the frogges sounde. 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