Middle English Dictionary Entry
grunting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | grunting(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Grunting; also, roaring, neighing; (b) the making of uncouth noises; (c) shouting, din.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.491 : Come þe cry of enemyes, þe noyse of trumpes, and þe gruntynge [L fremitus] of hors.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)265b/a : Also boores..whanne þey beeþ in loue..schoueþ þanne in woodnesse of here brest wiþ horrible gronynge and gruntynge [L gemitu].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)290a/a : Þe place of þe couche trembleþ and schakeþ by grontynge and rorynge [of the father lion].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)296a/a : Tame swyne..lerne to come þerto [home] wiþouten guyde..grontynge in goynge and in liggynge and in slepynge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)218 : Gruntynge: Grunnitus.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)376/6 : Þer come..as it had bene gruntyng of swyne.
- ?a1500 Inf.Chr.(Hrl 2399)375 : Þer men [herde] gruntyng grete.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.11 : Ȝif I..vnhiȝte so noble a matire wiþ grisbaitinge, gruntynge, and whistelynge after so noble spekers þat sownede at þe beste.
c
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)13999 : So that hit semede be here gruntyng that hit hadde ben a merveyllous thondryng.
2.
Groaning; a cry of pain.
Associated quotations
- c1450 As y gan wandre (Lamb 853)12 : Mi modir for me suffride sorewe With gruntyngis gril & siȝinge sare.
- a1475 As y gan wandre (Brog 2.1)20 : When I was chyld so bare I-bore, ffor me my modyr soffyrd gret sovre, Witt gronttyng and weppyng was I bore.
3.
Gnashing (of teeth).
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)339 : Doþ him out in derkhede. Þer shal beo wop ynow, and gruntyng of teþ al-so.
- c1415 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Lnsd 851)D.2161 : Ful of waymentynge & of grontinge of teþe.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Luke 13.28 : Ther shal be wepyng and gruntyng of teeth [L stridor dentium].