Middle English Dictionary Entry
grollinge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | grollinge ger. Also grullinge, gurlinge, gorlinge & (error) grobling. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. crolling.
1.
Rumbling in the bowels, growling.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)56a/b : Ȝif þe watir is to moche, it makeþ roringe & grollynge in þe wombe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)94a/a : If it [colica passio] comeþ of wynde & ventosite, þe ache strecchiþ and sprediþ & changiþ place with grullinge [L gurgulatione] & swellinge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)313b/b : Swetnesse..brediþ..groblyng [?read: grovlyng, groulyng; L rugitum] in þe wombe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)317a/b : Raw hony..bredeþ swellyng and grollynge [L rugitus] in þe wombe.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)54a : He haþ gurlynge among hise guttis. His egestioun is pale or grene and oþirwhile blak and wyndy & ful of foom.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)88a : He haþ good digestioun and also gorlynge in his wombe & abhominacioun of þe stomac.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. grolling.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. grulling.