A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1517-1614
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Grummel(l, Grunmale, n. [Cf. e.m.E. pl. grommelles (1548), grumbles (1637), small stony particles, and older Flem. grommeling ‘rudera, glareae’ (Kilian). In grunmale the nm may be a miswriting for mm.] Rubbish consisting of earth and stones.(a) 1517 Treasurer's Accounts V. 120.
To xij werkmen reddand and berand the fallin grunmale and erd at the down falling of the ij gret gestis 1584 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 386.
For to carie away of yerd and grunmale out of the kirk quhilk was lyan in middingis and haippis(b) 1560–1 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 135.
To iii men that rasit the stanis with mattoks and caryit the grummell away a1614 D. Hume in a1614 Cowper Dikaiol. 83.
Whether the walls, which are … built with stone and lime at the least, shouid be pulled downe and built with sand and grummel a1614 Cowper a1614 Ib.
Let them be repaired, not with sand and grummel [etc.]
