† grint, v. Obs.
In 4 grinte, 5 grynte. pa. tense 3–4 grynte, 5 grint; also 4 gryntide, 5 grynted.
[app. an onomatopœic formation, suggested by grind, grent, grunt vbs.]
a. intr. To grind or gnash the teeth; usually to grint with the teeth. Said also of the teeth. b. ? To grunt or groan.
| a 1300 S. Gregory 722 in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LVII. 67 He was bore ouer his horse croupe Þat he grynte as a bere. 13.. S.E. Leg. (MS. Bodl. 779) ibid. LXXXII. 418/95 Decie þo for wraþþe gan to grinte & grede. c 1386 Chaucer Sompn. T. 453 He grynte with his teeth, so was he wrooth. c 1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 53 Þe tyraunt as a ranpynge lyon grynted wyth hys teeth. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. xi. (1869) 79 And at euery woord..j sygh his teeth grynte. c 1475 Partenay 3267 Then sore he grint And strayined his teeth apace. 1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) ii. 309 b/1 A lyon..began to grynte with his teeth & to crye. |
Hence † ˈgrinting vbl. n.
| c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶134 Ful of waymentynge and of gryntynge [v.r. gruntynge] of teeth. 1388 Wyclif Matt. viii. 12 There schal be wepyng and grynting of teeth. c 1440 Gesta Rom. ii. 6 (Harl. MS.) He lay in a certeyne tyme by the fire in siȝyngis and gryntingis. c 1450 Lonelich Grail xii. 420 Ther was Sorwe & grynteng of teth Inowe. |