▪ I. † grutch, n. Obs.
[f. grutch v.]
1. Complaint; = grudge n. 1.
| c 1400 Beryn 2408 I wold have..outid all yeur chaffare without[en] gruch or groun. c 1460 Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xx. (1885) 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 Primer, Prayer in Adversity V ij b, That I maye without murmur or grutch paciently beare this thy fatherly chastisement. 1556 Abp. Parker Ps. xxxix, At last I spake wyth murmuryng grutch. |
2. = grudge n. 2.
| 1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 62 Sinne alway threatneth vnto the doer payne And grutche of conscience. |
3. = grudge n. 3.
| 1540–1 Elyot Image Gov. 47 Quenchyng the good opinion and loue that all men had toward me, and changeyng it to a fervent grutche and hatred. 1637 G. Daniel Genius this Isle 542 Would you Looke Vpon that Splendour with or frowne or grutch? 1663 Butler Hud. i. i. 357 Foes..To whom he bore so fell a grutch He ne'er gave quarter to any such. a 1687 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—1.
| 1815 Hist. J. Decastro & bro. Bat II. 197 Too much is worse than grutch: it is the frugal use of pleasure that gives us pleasure. |
▪ II. grutch, v. Obs. exc. dial. or
arch. (
grʌtʃ)
Forms: α. 3
gruce, 3–4
gruchche, 3–5
grucche, 3–6
gruche, 4
grochi,
grouche,
grochge, 4–5
groche,
grocche,
grochche, 4–6
grutche, 5
gruch,
grosschen, 5–6
grotche,
grudche, 6
Sc. gruich, 6–
grutch.
pa. tense 3–6
gruched, etc., 6–
grutched; also 4
gruȝt, 5
growht. β. 4
grychche, 5
gre(t)che,
grychge,
gricche,
gryche.
pa. tense 4–5
gricched, etc.; also 5
griht,
gright. γ. 5
gurche. (See also
grudge v.)
[a. OF. groucier, groucher, grocier, grocher, grucer, gruchier, to murmur, grumble (whence med.L. groussare), of unknown origin.] 1. intr. To murmur, complain, repine;
= grudge v. 1.
| α a 1225 Ancr. R. 186 Ne wrekie ȝe nout ou seluen, ne ne grucche ȝe nout. c 1250 Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 34 Hedden here euerich ane peny: þo wenden hi more habbe: þo gruchchede hi a-menges hem. 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1084 Ȝyf..þou wylt nat bleþly þarto By þy wyl, but euer gruchande [F. groinant]. 1340 Ayenb. 67 He beginþ to grochi betuene his teþ and grunny. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) 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 Eng. Gilds (1870) 91 If he grucche, he shal pay ij{supd}. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) v. 57 The People grucched, for thei fownden no thing to drynke. a 1420 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1060 Shuldest thow grucche and thyne annoye bewepe? c 1460 Emare 669 And ever she lay and growht. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xix. 104 Whethere that he will saue or spyll, I shall not gruch in no degre. 1531 Dial. Laws Eng. ii. xlviii. (1638) 152 The appellants would grutch and think them [the Judges] partiall. 1587 Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 94 Rough handed Surgeons make the patient grutch. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. ii. 34 Both did at their second sister grutch And inly grieve. 1624 Quarles Job viii. med. xlvi, If we receive for one halfe day, as much As they that toyle till Evening, shall we grutch? 1647 Crashaw Music's Duel 91 They seem to grutch And murmur in a buzzing din. 1679 Penn Addr. Prot. ii. iii. (1692) 100 To be Stewards of our External Substance for the Good of Mankind..not Grutching. |
| β ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 2557 Syr Gawayne was grevede, and grychgide [printed grythgide] fulle sore. c 1450 tr. De Imitatione i. ix. 10 Þei haue peyne, & sone & liȝtly gretchin [v.r. gruccheth]. |
b. Const.
against,
with;
of,
at.
| α a 1240 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. Brunne Handl. Synne 3493 Hyt ys grete pryde Grucchyng wyþ God. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 7 His peple shal be saved, algif preestis grutchen þere agen. 1382 ― John vi. 41 Jewis grucchiden of him, for he hadde seyd, I am breed that cam doun fro heuene. 1390 Gower Conf. 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 Elyot Gov. i. iii, His gouernance..is to the people more tollerable, and they therwith the lasse grutch. 1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par., Matt. xxvi. 116 [They] murmured and grutched at the costes and expenses. 1549–62 Sternhold & H. Ps. cvi. 16 At Moses they did grutch. 1595 Hunnis Joseph 2 In all thinges that he saide or did against him sore they grutch. a 1677 Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 III. 33 Can we grutch at any kind of service..when the Son of God was put to the hardest tasks? |
| β c 1400 Destr. Troy 9367 Toax, the tore kyng..Gright with the gret & agayne stode. c 1420 Anturs of Arth. xli, Gawayne greches [Ireland MS. grechut] þerwith, and gremed ful sare. |
c. with
clause.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 359 Grutche we not þat many men þenken ful hevy wiþ þis sentence. a 1637 B. Jonson Underwoods, To Chas. I. & Q. Mary Epigr. Consol., Do not grutch That the Almighty's Will to you is such. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. v. v. §21 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.)
| 1508 Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. xxxviii. Wks. (1876) 59 The conscyence alwaye prycketh and grutcheth ayenst synnes euyl commytted. |
2. trans. To be reluctant to give or allow (something); to begrudge;
= grudge v. 2. (The
quots. in brackets may be
intr.)
| [1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 770 Wheþur þei graunte hit or gruche þei greuen ȝou ofte. 1375 Barbour Bruce ii. 123 Gyff his ȝhemar oucht gruchys [ed. 1616 grunches]. c 1400 Rom. Rose 6465 If that prelats grucchen it.] c 1418 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 246 What unkyndly gost Shuld greve that God grucchede nouȝt! 1513 Douglas æneis iii. vi. 77 The nedis nocht to gruich [ed. 1553 grudche], in tyme to cum, The gnawing of ȝour tabillis every crum. 1613 Wither Abuses Stript i. v. Juvenilia (1633) 34 Foes I have some, whose lives I do not grutch. 1672 Crowne Chas. VIII, v. Dram. Wks. 1873 I. 201 Grutch not the love thy widow to him bears. 1719 De Foe Crusoe i. ix. 150 Who grutches pains that have their deliverance in view? |
| absol. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 810 Þay hym graunted to go & gruȝt no lenger. |
b. with
inf. obj.| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Cosme & Damyane 107 Gyf þai gruchit to do sa. c 1400 Destr. Troy 9315 If he gright with the grekes to graunt hom his helpe. c 1440 York Myst. xxxii. 243 He grucchis noȝt to graunte his gilte. a 1553 Udall Royster D. iv. v. (Arb.) 67 At my first sending to come ye neuer grutch. 1663 Butler Hud. i. iii. 219 Who would grutch to spend his Bloud in His Honour's Cause? a 1677 Barrow Serm. (1687) I. xiii. 191 One would think, that a man of sense should grutch to lend his ears..to such putid stuff. |
c. Const.
dat. or
to.
| α a 1300 Cursor M. 13263 Þair heling groched he þam noght. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1347 Þay gruchen him his grace to gremen his hert. c 1400 Destr. Troy 9956 Neuer the grete for to grutche..All his lust & his lykyng. 1546 T. Phaer Bk. Childr. (1553) A ij b, Why grutche they phisicke to come forth in Englishe. 1626 Middleton Anyth. Quiet Life iv. i. 130 The angry woman, methought, grutched us our victuals. 1677 Crowne 1st Pt. Destr. Jerusalem Ded., I am sure they will not grutch you the few flowers that a poor poet brings to strew in your way. 1700 Congreve Way of World iv. ii, S'heart, an you grutch me your liquor, make a bill. |
| β c 1400 Destr. Troy 7072 Hit shalbe gricchit hym þat grace in his grete nede. ? a 1500 Chester Pl. ii. 392 Gright they bene that grace. Ibid. 397 Against mankinde..To whom grace cleane is gright. |
| absol. ? a 1500 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. intr. (
app.) To be stinted.
rare—1.
| c 1530 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.
| 1493 Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 70 b, They..grutched with theyr tethe for angre. 1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 54 Still grutching like vnto the frogges sounde. |