▪ I. grudge, n.
(grʌdʒ)
Forms: see the verb.
[f. grudge v., or variant of grutch n.]
† 1. Murmur, murmuring, grumbling; discontent, dissatisfaction; reluctance, unwillingness. Obs.
| 1477 Marg. Paston in P. Lett. No. 801 III. 197 For syche grwgys and other causys, I am ryght sory that the graunte is knowyn that I have mad, with ought it myght take effect. 1484 Rich. III in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. I. 104 The gret clamor grugge and complainte which our liege people of this our Royme have made of and upon the coigne of silver made in our lande of Irland. 1518 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 19 Ther shold ensew grogis and murmures amongst the kyngis subgects. 1526 Tindale Acts vi. 1 There arose a grodge amonge the grekes agaynste the ebrues. 1533 More Answ. Poysoned Bk. Wks. 1092/2 That they shulde eat his fleshe and drincke his bloud after their owne carnal vnderstandinge, but yet in another fourme, to put awaye all grudge of stomacke. c 1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 193 They declare what murmur and grudge was in England. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline iii. i, That still your counsell of me be approu'd; Both by your selues, and those to whom you haue, With grudge, prefer'd me. |
† 2. ‘Murmuring’ of the conscience; uneasiness or disturbance of mind; scruple, doubt, misgiving. Also, an instance of this. Obs.
| 1483 Vulgaria abs Terentio 7 b, There is oon grugge or dout that maketh me euyll at ese [L. vnus scrupulus restat]. 1531 Dial. on Laws Eng. i. xxxii. (1638) 56 Without any scruple or grudge of Conscience. 1540 Morysine Vives' Introd. Wysd. C v, We must be content, that in our conscience, we fele our selves void of secret gruge and unquietnes. 1558 Bp. Watson Sev. Sacram. xxi. 134 God gaue hym grudge in his conscience agaynste hys sinne. 1598 Barret Theor. Warres i. ii. 11 Is it no grudge to the souldiers conscience to fight against them? |
3. a. Ill-will or resentment due to some special cause, as a personal injury, the superiority of an opponent or rival, or the like. Obs. (exc. as in b).
| 1477 Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 17 b, The lesse grugge ye haue, the more ye fle from malice and wikkedenesse. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 435 He wanne of them as moche grudge & hatred as he to fore hadde loue & good wyll. 1513 More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 768 To the great grudge of all men and high displeasure of God. 1533 ― Debell. Salem Wks. 1016/1 He might dyffame all the temporall ministers too, and bryng them in grudge & obloquie of the people. 1579 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 88 Although he were moved with inward grudge yet he wisely repressed his anger. 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. iv. 61 Heavy looke..that plaine In him bewraid great grudge, and maltalent. 1635 R. N. Camden's Hist. Eliz. i. ii. 23 Queen Elizabeth bare..secret grudge against her. 1722 Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. Pref. 21 This hath raised envy, grudge, and malice against them. 1784 Cowper Task v. 203 They plough'd, and sow'd, And reap'd their plenty without grudge or strife. 1878 Browning La Saisiaz 57 There is no such grudge in God as scared the ancient Greek. |
b. A particular instance of this feeling: const. against (a person); also freq. in phr. to have a g. against, († to, † at), to bear, owe (a person) a g., etc.
| 1531 Elyot Gov. ii. ix. (1883) II. 102 The people called Dores..wolde aduenge their olde grudges agayne the Atheniensis. 1581 Savile Tacitus' Hist. ii. v. (1591) 55 They laid grudges aside [L. positis odiis]. a 1586 Sidney Arcadia ii. (1622) 201 Public affairs were mingled with private grudges. 1601 F. Godwin Bps. of Eng. 169 The Conqueror..hauing a priuate grudge at Stigand. 1603 R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. 75 The Countes of Maunsfielt have a grudge to the house of Saxony. 1611 Bible Mark vi. 19 Herodias had a quarrel [marg. inward grudge] against him. 1657 North's Plutarch, Add. Lives (1676) 4 The Arians..bore Athanasius a grudge. 1678 Dryden Kind Keeper ii. i. Dram. Wks. 1725 IV. 312, I have a grudge to him, for the Privilege of his Sex. 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. II. iii. 282 There was a private grudge against him. 1830 Cunningham Brit. Paint. II. 244 He went on his errand with a grudge. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 40 He had..an old grudge to stimulate his zeal. 1871 Dixon Tower III. xxvii. 306 He nursed some grudge against the Duke. 1876 Mozley Univ. Serm. x. (1877) 204 Men of this character pursue a grudge unceasingly, and never forget or forgive. |
† 4. = grudging vbl. n. 2. Obs.
| 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 20 b, If any grudge of the same disease chance to rise againe. 1584 Cogan Haven Health ccxiii. (1636) 225 [He] was never vexed with any sicknesse..except the grudge of a fever of one day. 1678 R. L'Estrange Seneca's Mor. (1702) 106 They are past the Hazard of a Relapse, but they have still the Grudges of a Disease. |
† 5. Injury, injurious influence or effect. Obs. rare.
| 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 10 It was ordeyned..that the said Statute..shuld be adnulled..to the grete prejudice grugge singler hurte and jeoperdie of all your seid true lieges. 1641 Milton Reform. ii. (1851) 69 This our shaken Monarchy, that now lies labouring under her throwes, and struggling against the grudges of more dreadfull Calamities. |
6. Comb., as grudge-bearing adj.; grudge fight, a fight based on personal antipathy; also fig.
| 1611 Cotgr., Maling, malignant, ill-willie, grudge-bearing. 1927 Daily Express 19 July 3/4 It is a ‘grudge fight’,..and it is clear that Stalin is trying to expel Trotsky..from the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Ibid. 22 Sept. 2//5 It may be that the interchange of letters between the Dempsey and Tunney camps has convinced the sporting public that this will be a ‘grudge fight’. 1964 J. Hale (title) The grudge fight. |
▪ II. grudge, v.
(grʌdʒ)
Forms: 5–6 gruge, grugge, groge, 6–7 grudg, (5 grwge, grughe, grogge, growge, 6 grodge, groudge), 5– grudge.
[Altered form of grutch v.; possibly influenced by gregge, agregge, aggrege; cf. aggrudge (aggroggynge, aggrugged) synonymous with aggrieve.]
† 1. intr. To murmur; to utter complaints murmuringly; to grumble, complain; to be discontented or dissatisfied. Obs.
| 1461 Paston Lett. No. 404 II. 30 They grudge and sey, how that the kyng resayvith sych..as haff be his gret eanemyes. 1470 Fortescue Articles in Abs. & Lim. Mon. (1885) App. B. 349 Somme man..shal mowe obtayne gretter rewardis than thei have disserved, and yit grugge, seying they haue to litill. 1502 W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. ix. 159 They haue therin peyne, and lyghtly gruges [earlier version gretchin, v.r. gruccheth]. 1535 Coverdale Ps. ii. 1 Why do the Heithen grudge? why do the people ymagyn vayne thinges? 1540–1 Elyot Image Gov. (1556) 89 b, Not with standynge all this tourment..he never grudged. 1552 Latimer Serm. St. John Evang. Day (1584) 284, I woulde not haue you in any wise to grudge or murmure because ye lack houses. 1600 Holland Livy iv. i. (1609) 139 The Volscians and æquians grudged and muttered for the fortifying of Verrugo. 1611 Bible Ps. lix. 15 Let them wander vp and downe for meate, and grudge if they be not satisfied. a 1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. ii. x. (1642) 207 The Cardinall..on his death bed, murmured and grudged. |
† b. Const. against, earlier also with (chiefly, a person); at, of (chiefly, a thing). Obs.
| c 1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 228 Thus for to grugge ageyns Godys myght, Aȝens hyȝ God ȝe do offens. 1483 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 29 The comyns gretly grughis ther wythe þ{supt} ther is non as ther was wont to be. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxiii. 248 He toke vpon hym..to rule in suche wyse, as the Kynge grudged with his doynge. a 1529 Skelton Sp. Parrot 435 Grocers were grugyd at and groyned at but late. 1535 Coverdale Mark xiv. 5 And they grudged against her. 1538 Starkey England i. iii. 82 The temporalty grugyth agayn the spiritualty, the commyns agayne the nobullys. 1582–8 Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 98 The people of the countrey grudget heavilie at the promotion of this Regent. 1597 Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xvii. §2 Nor is there cause why the guilty..should grudge or complain of injustice. 1612 T. Taylor Comm. Titus ii. 9 That too ordinarie a sinne of seruants, when as they priuatly mutter and grudge against the commandments and corrections of their masters and mistresses. 1679 Harby Key Script. i. 10 Nor let any grudg at this brief Digress. a 1720 Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 260 What! shall we too..Like children, grudge at one another's play-things? 1820 Brown Hist. Brit. Ch. I. xi. 345 Stillingfleet..grudged at the late toleration. |
† c. with clause expressing the cause.
| 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 47 Many perhaps do grudge, that the Scripture doth not..set forth that fall and the cause..therof. 1621 Donne Serm. xv. 148 Neither grudge that thou goest, nor that worse stay. 1642 Rogers Naaman 304 How ready..to grudge..that the heat of the day lyes upon them more then others. 1760 Beattie Virg. Past. ii. 49 Nor grudge, Alexis, that the rural pipe So oft hath stain'd the roses of thy lip. |
† d. to grudge a thought: to think an envious thought. Obs.
| 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iii. i. 176 So perish they, That grudge one thought against your Maiesty. |
2. trans. To be unwilling to give, grant, or allow (something); to begrudge. Also with inf. as obj.
| c 1500 Three Kings' Sons 110 For the symplesse & pouert of his persone, he gruggid the lesse his deliueraunce. 1549 Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Jas. 32 Shall his faythe auaile him, that at Goddes commaundement grudgeth to geue a cote to hys neyghbour that starueth for colde. 1596 Edward III, iii. iv. F 4 b, The garrison of Genoaes..weary with their march, Grudging to be soddenly imployd. 1614 Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 415 What if God had called mee to heaven; would you have grudged my departure? 1618 J. Bulloker in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) 291 His owne disciples, too, that sate at bord, Do grudge such cost bestow'd vpon their Lord. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 268 The English are very good Sea-men..never grudging their labour. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 10 ¶6, I hope these my gentle Readers..will not grudge throwing away a Quarter of an Hour in a Day on this Paper. 1755 Young Centaur v. Wks. 1757 IV. 236 Shall we grudge to pay half that pains for an eternity? 1758 Johnson Idler No. 80 ¶4 [She] tells how she grudges every moment of delay. 1830 D'Israeli Chas. I, III. ix. 198 Some..were jealous to obtain the distinction of a royal visit, though they grudged the cost. 1845 M{supc}Culloch Taxation ii. ii. (1852) 169 The duties on spirits and tobacco..are paid without being grudged. 1846 Keble Lyra Innoc. (1873) 158 Why should we grudge the hour of prayer? 1848 Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life (1879) II. iii. 120, I grudge your being disturbed in the composure you had re-conquered. 1873 Browning Red Cott. Nt.-cap 199 And as with body, so proceed with soul: Nor less discerningly..grudge To play the doctor. |
b. Const. to or dat.
| 1639 Fuller Holy War v. iii. (1640) 233 The world..never grudged them great wages who did good work. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 677 Long the Gods..Have grudg'd thee, Cæsar, to the World below. 1719 Young Busiris ii. i, I'd grudge her beauties to the gods that gave them. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 508 Even zealous Royalists might not have grudged the old Republican a grave in his native soil. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus lxiv. 170 Thus to my utmost need chance..Grudges an ear. 1873 Helps Anim. & Mast. iii. (1875) 63, I don't grudge these people their pleasures. |
† 3. trans. To envy (a person). Also intr. To be envious. Obs. rare.
| 1587 Gascoigne Wks., Pr. Pleas. Kenilw. A v, Whose graces make the Gods to grudge, me thinkes it should be shee. a 1661 Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 376 No good man will grudge him under this title, who shall seriously peruse this his epitaph. |
† 4. trans. To trouble or vex mentally: said either of something which grieves the conscience or of the conscience distressing a person. Also impers. Obs.
| 1483 Nottingham Rec. II. 393 On thyng in especyalle gruggyd theyr consyens. 1488 Will of Sir E. Shea (Somerset Ho.), My conscience gruggeth me that I wronged hym. 1534 More Let. to Marg. Roper Wks. 1429/1, I woulde not declare any speciall part of that othe that grudged my conscience. 1535 Goodly Primer, Chr. Instruct. Childr., Call to your mind what offence..chiefliest grudgeth your conscience. 1619 J. Dyke Counterpoyson (1620) 22 Oh how it grudges the wretch to spare God so much time! Ibid. 50 It would have grudged him farre more to haue seene them hang from yeare to yeare. |
| absol. or intr. c 1460 G. Ashby Poems iii. 895 To do ayeinste conscience in suche guise, Whiche shal frete and gruge in your soule & mynde. 1558 Bp. Watson Sev. Sacram. xxi. 134 He stopped hys eares, and woulde not suffer hys conscience to grudge, nor shewe hym hys offences. |
† 5. pass. and intr. To be seized with a disease; to have the first touch or access of a fever. Obs. (Cf. grudge n. 4, grudging vbl. n. 2.)
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. vi. clxv. 160 He was grudgyd with a feuoure; for remedye whereof, he toke a pocion of a physycion Iewe. 1530 Palsgr. 575/2, I groudge, as one doth that hath a groudgyng of the axes, je frilonne... Me thynke his axes cometh upon hym, for he groudgeth all redy. 1549 Chaloner Erasm. on Folly H j a, Who maie auant him selfe to do wiseli, and not to be grudged with some spyce of madnesse [L. quique non aliquo insaniæ genere teneatur]. |
† b. intr. To chatter with the teeth (? as in ague). Obs. rare— 1.
| c 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. v. 1309 There is noon that it seeth But for feer he gruggeth with his teeth. |
† 6. trans. To load, cram [? for gregge, aggrege].
| 1642 Rogers Naaman 532 Hee shall choke them with their owne morsells, and grudge them therewith till they come out at their nostrills. |
Hence grudged ppl. a.
| 1549 Chaloner Erasm. on Folly G ij a, They fele not what a twitching turment it is to have a grudged conscience. c 1636 Strafford Papers I. 210 Nobility is such a grudged and envied piece of monarchy. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. xlvii. (1856) 442 A grudged ration of seal's meat. |