A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1568-1590, 1650
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Grudge, Gruge, v. Also: gruidge. [ME. grudge, grugge, gruge (c 1440). In Sc. a late substitute for the earlier gruch.] intr. To complain, be discontented or unwilling. Cf. Gruch v.1568 Buch. Indict. 42.
For all men … gruidgit to sie God sa mokkit be his creatours 1570 Leslie 48.
Ane cunye of copper unmeit to have course or passage in ony realme, quhairwith the pepill grudgeit a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xxx. 107.
Thocht the warld be haly set on yll Ȝit aucht we nocht to gruge nor to repyne a1570-86 Ib. lxxxv. 21.
Thay will nocht gruge to lat thé ga a1570-86 Ib. clxxix. 17.
Gruge nocht aganis his godlie will 1590 Burel Pilgr. i. viii.
The storme wes so outragius. That I for fear did gruge c1650 Spalding II. 152.
Thir malcontentit lordis beginis to … invardlie gruge with oure King
