| 单词 | on grufe |
| 释义 | > as lemmason grufe (rarely on the grufe) 1. on grufe (rarely on the grufe): face downwards, in a prone position, grovelling. Compare agroof adv. Scottish and northern. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down groofc1374 on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375 grovellingsa1400 grovellingc1400 agroofc1425 womblonga1475 grovellingly1548 prostrately1556 grovellingwise1561 flatlong1570 pronely1578 on one's grufe1788 ventre à terre1960 c1375 Sc. Troy-bk. ii. 786 He ley before þe gret altere One gruff. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3850 Than Gawayne gyrde to þe gome, and one þe groffe fallis. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3869 Qwat gome was he..that es one growffe fallyne? 1483 Cath. Angl. 259/1 Ogrufe, supinvs. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 574 In angwys greiff on grouff so turned he. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. iv. 24 He ruschis..And fell on grouf abuf deid Pallas beyr. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 432 Sum on groufe la granand on the grene. 1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 328 Ly all on grufe, befoir that hich grand Roy. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) III. 574 During the time of which prayer the Erle of Morton lay on growffe upon his face. < as lemmas |
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