grudgel (gruj)

[ Among fooles there is much stryfe, disdayne, grudge, Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 92. and debate. He ne'er bore grudge for stalwart blow, Ta'en in fair fight from gallant foe. Scott , L. of L. M., v. 28. Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years. Macaulay , Warren Hastings. 2. Unwillingne ; reluctance. Those to whom you have With grudge preferr'd me. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 1. = Syn. 1. Animosity , Ill-will, Enmity , etc. See animosity . grudge2 (gruj), v . t .; pret. and pp. grudged , ppr. grudging . [Sc., also grush ; gruger , F. gruger , crumble, crunch, grind. Cf. grudgings .] 1. To crumble; crunch.-2. To squeeze; pre down. grudgefult (gruj'ful), a. [ grudge1 + -ful .] grudgel (gruj), v.; pret. and pp. grudged , ppr. grudging. [A var. of the earlier and dial, grutch, early mod. E. also groudge , grug- gen , a var. of grutchen , grucchen , gruchen , grouch- Grudging. en, grochen, murmur, complain, feel envy, groucher , gruchier , grocher , gruger, croucier (› ML. grou are ), murmur, grudge onst (gruj'onz), n . pl . See grudgings . grudge, repine. Origin uncertain; perhaps grudger (gruj'er), n. [ grucchere ; grudge Scand., cf. Icel. krytja (pret. krutti ), murmur, krutr, a murmur, Sw. dial. kruttla, murmur; or else of G. origin, cf. MHG. G. grunzen = E. grunt.] I. in trans. 1. To be unwilling or reluctant. I sall noght grouche ther agayne, To wirke his wille I am wele payed. York Plays , p. 62. IMG:content-2736.png:[blocks in formation] You love him, I know it; I grudg'd not at it, but am pleas'd it is so. Fletcher (and Mas singer ?), Lovers' Progre , iii. 6. We... grudge in our concyence when we remember our synnes. Bp. Fisher, On the Psalms, p. 32. 4. To murmur; grumble. For this oynement myght have be soeld more than for thre hundrid pens and be goven to pore men, and the i gruc chiden agens hir. Wyclif , Mark xiv. 5. He gan to grucche and blamed it a lite. Chaucer, Prol. to Reeve's Tale, 1. 9. When he [William II.] built Westminster-Hall, he made that an Occasion to lay a heavy Tax upon the People, who grudged at it as done on purpose. Baker , Chronicles, p. 34. And rayle at them with grudge full discontent. Spenser, F. Q., IV. viii. 28. +-er1.] One who grudges; a discontented person. The act of grudging; discontent. Browning. [Rare.] grue, grew2 (grö), v.; pret. and pp. grued, grewed, ppr. gruing, grewing. [Also dial. grow; E. dial. gry1, shiver), shudder, refl. be in pain; ef. Sw. grufra, shudder, refl. be in pain or concern, Norw. gruva, grua, dread, shudder, = Dan. grue, intr., dread, tremble, shudder, = D. gruwen, tr., abhor, execrate, = LG. grouwen = OHG. in - gruen, shudder, MHG. grüen, grüwen, G. grauen, impers., dread, fear: see further under grisel and growsel, and cf. gruesome.] I. in trans. To shiver; shudder; feel horror. [North. Eng. and Scotch.] I would have done Mr. Mordaunt's bidding,... if he hadna made use of profane oaths, which made my very flesh grue . Scott , Pirate, vii. Noctes Ambrosian a . That cretur's vice [voice] gars me a' grue. II. trans . ( impers .) To pain; grieve. [North. Eng. and Scotch.]