Middle English Dictionary Entry
groin n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | groin n.(2) Also groni, grone & grune, groun. |
| Etymology | OF groin & groigne scolding, grumbling. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. groinen v.
1.
Censure, reproach; rebuke, complaint.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.349 : If she..Be wroth, than shaltow have a groyn [vr. grone] anon.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)214 : Grony, magry, infra in M.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)711 : A man may saye þaym þe sothe sonest of alle, Withoute grucche oþer groyn, but gete many þankes.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2407 : I wold have..outid all yeur chaffare without gruch or groun [rime: town].
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)167 : A Grune: culpa..vbi A blame.