gruchet, grucchet

Middle English forms of grutch, grudge1. They sponge upon the ble ings of a warm sun and a fruitful soil, and almost grutch the pains of gathering in the bounties of the earth. R. Beverley, quoted in Tyler's Amer. Lit., I. 87. For not so gladsome is that life That one should grudge its lo for Balder's sake. M. Arnold , Balder Dead. 31. To entertain by way of grudge. Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty! Shak., 1 Hen. VL., iii. 1.