grucche

Middle English

Etymology

See grudge.

Verb

grucche (third-person singular simple present grucches, present participle grucching, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle grucched)

  1. To murmur; to grumble.
    1387, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, Clerk's Tale, pages 351-4:
    I seye this, be ye redy with good herte
    To al my lust, and that I frely may,
    As me best thynketh, do yow laughe or smerte,
    And nevere ye to grucche it nyght ne day,
    And eek whan I sey ye, ne sey nat nay,
    Neither by word, ne frownyng contenance?
    Swere this, and heere I swere oure alliance.
    I say this, be ye ready with good heart
    To all my lust, and that I freely may
    As me best thinketh do you laugh or smart,
    And never ye to grudge it, night nor day,
    And eke when I say "Yea", ye say not "Nay",
    Neither by word, nor frowning countenance?
    Swear this, and here swear I our alliánce.

Descendants

  • English: grutch, grudge

References

  • grucche in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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