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gruçus (1181-85)

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gruçus (1181-85)

grosus;  gruceus;  grusus;  grusuze;  gruzsus;  gruzuse,  gruzuz, 
f. groucouse  
  FEW:  *grogatjan *16,90b Gdf: GdfC: TL: *grëus 4,631 DEAF:  grocier (*groços) G1433 DMF:  groceux  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

ill-tempered, grumbling
( 1181-85; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  [E] nul ne [en] seit si gruzsus, Ne de cors si delicius  Hosp Rule 1233
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  ahaitez en Deu vos gruceus e pesanz quors  Joshua Sermons ii 4
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  custume est as envius Que gruçus sunt e ennuius  Mirur2 142
( MS: s.xiii )  tetricam dicit puellam: in gallice gruzuse, grusuze  TLL i 246
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  celi est gruzuz e si ne mercie neint a Deu de la viande k’il li ad doné  Religious Life 272
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Unquore vaut pis si lem dit q'ele est groucouse et mesafaitee dangerouse et enviouse a paer  Ancren1 89.1

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See also:

groucerous  gruce  grucement  gruceour  grucer  gruceresse  grusceure 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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