An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Moes. G. grab-an, fodere, pret. grob.

To GRUCH, v. n. To grudge.
Wyntown.

Gruching, Growch s. Repining.
Wallace.

GRUFE, GROUFE. On groufe, flat, with the face towards the earth.
To be on one's grufe, to be in this manner, S.
Henrysone.

Isl. gruf-a, cernuare; a grufwa, cernué; liggia a grufu, in faciem et pectus cubare.

Grufelyngis, Grulingis, adv. In a grovelling attitude.
Douglas.

To GRUGGLE, v. a. To put any thing out of order by much handling, S.
V. [Misgrugle].

GRUGOUS, adj. Grim.
V. [Gruous].

GRUME, s. A man.
V. [Grome].

GRUMMEL, s. Mud, dregs, Ang.
Godscroft.