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ˈgrovellings, adv. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 3–5 groveling(e)s, 5 grovelonges, 5–6 grovelynges, (-ys); north. 3 gruflinges, 5 groflyngis; Sc. 5 grulingis, 6 gruf(e)lingis, -lyngis, gruff(il)lingis, grouf(f)lings, groflins; 9 dial. grubblings.
[f. as prec. + -lings.]
= prec.
a1300Cursor M. 11760 Al þair idels in a stund Grouelings fel vnto þe grund. Ibid. 17709 Þai fell..Gruflinges dun to erth plate. a1400–50Alexander 5276 Þe pilars ware of purfire polischt & hewen, With gomes grouelings of gold. c1420Anturs of Arth. (Camden) xlvii, Alle grouelonges in grounde. 1450–70Golagros & Gaw. 1024 Schir Gologras graithly can ga Grulingis to erd. c1460Towneley Myst. iv. 203 Therfor groflyngis thou shall be layde, That when I stryke thou shal not se. 1513Douglas æneis iii. ii. 52 We plat law gruffillingis on the erd. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 96 Richt mony als la gruflingis on the grund, In thair bodie buir mony bludie wound. 1570Henry's Wallace xi. 172 Grouflings to ground. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 258 He maid him lyttill reverence..bot leinitt doune groufflingis on the dask befoir him. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Grubblings, Phr. ‘to lie grubblings’, i.e. grovelling, with the face downwards.
transf.1562Turner Herbal ii. 75 If ye will sow Dates lay them all grouelynges toward the grounde. |