A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grunching, Grunsching, vbl. n. Also: grunch-, grunschyng, grwnsching, -yng; grun(d)ging, -yng. [Var. of Gruching vbl. n., f. Grunch v.] Murmuring, grumbling, complaining; reluctance; resentment.(a) Brus xvi. 9.
The gud erll … Tuk leiff in Scotland for till pas, And he hym levit with a grunching [E. gruching] a1500 Henr. Fab. 540 (B).
Togidder all but gruncheing furth ye glyde a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1527.
Aduersite … but grunsching or grevans We sall sustene with paciens constantlie c1500-c1512 Dunb. xvi. 7 (B. var.).
Sum gevis with grunching [M. grwnsching] and with pane 1532 Lamont P. 40.
To be contentit … but ony grwnchying or rancour of mynd c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3910.
Without grunschyng, clamor or crye That pane he sufferit patientlye a1568 Scott xxxiii. 14.
Sturt, angir, grunching, yre and greif(b) c1520-c1535 Nisbet Prol. Rom. 319/11.
Syn, grungyng [Tind. grudgynge] and haiterent aganis the law Ib. 333/17.
Sick grundging [Tind. grudginge] … and indignatiounn aganis the lawe
