▪ I. grutching, vbl. n. Obs. exc. arch. and dial.
(ˈgrʌtʃɪŋ)
Forms: see grutch v.
[f. grutch v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb grutch; murmuring, complaining; murmur, complaint, reluctance.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 114 Grucchunge of bitter & of sur heorte is him surre & bitture. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3332 Quad moyses,.. ‘Ille gruching is ȝu for-bead’. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 53 What grayþed me þe grychchyng bot grame more seche? 1340 Ayenb. 67 Of grochinge, þet is of him þet ne dar naȝt ansuerie. 1375 Barbour Bruce xvi. 9 He hym levit with a gruching. 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 188 Amonestynge recewe thou gladly, and reprowynge wythout wrath or gurchynge. c 1450 Lonelich Merlin 476 (Kölbing) Loke thow love..thy neyghbour with owten grochcheng. 1502 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iii. iii. 144 Wyth grutchynge they gyue an halfe peny or a peny unto Ihesu cryst. 1645 Arraignm. Persecution 4 It divideth their Powers one against another, and in themselves occasioneth murmurings, grutchings, and repinings. 1683 Tryon Way to Health 432 There being no Grutching, Envying or Contention amongst them. 1847 L. Hunt Jar Honey ii. 17 Scylla hath words, but words well-stored with grutching. 1892 Stevenson Vailima Lett. (1895) 241 The rest is grunting and grutching. |
b. Of the conscience. rare—1.
| c 1450 tr. De Imitatione i. xx. 25 Grucching of conscience & dispersion of herte. |
† c. = grudging vbl. n. 2.
| 1621 B. Jonson Gipsies Met. (near end), Or from any Gowtes least grutching. Blesse the Sov'raigne, and his touching. |
▪ II. † ˈgrutching, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. grutch v. + -ing2.]
Grumbling, complaining; reluctant.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 108 (MS. C.) Ha is grucinde and dangerus, and arueð forto paiȝen. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1076 He gapede, he groned faste, with grucchande latez. 1490 Caxton How to die 6 Many ther be that ben Impacyent & grutchynge. c 1520 Mayd Emlyn 183 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 89 She answered hym With wordes grotchynge. 1712 Spect. No. 292 ¶4 A grutching uncommunicative Disposition. |
Hence † ˈgrutchingly adv.
| 1340 Ayenb. 193 More likeþ..to god an alfpeny þet a poure yefþ gledliche..þanne a riche man yeaue an hondred marc grochindeliche and mid zorȝe of herte. 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. xii. 19 Many thingus grucchendeli whistrende [Vulg. multa susurrans]. c 1400 Trojan War ii. 1641 in Horstm. Barbour's Leg. II. 275/1 Thaime grauntede wes Half gruchandly. |