† grankv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To groan.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > moan or groan [verb (intransitive)]
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yomer971
woneOE
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croaka1500
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moan1798
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvii. 206 Bot settys me downe, and grankys and gronys, And lygys and restys my wery bonys, And all nyght after grankys and goonys, On slepe tyll I be broght.
Derivatives
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > moan or groan
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groanc1325
grank1513
moan1599
moaning1724
whoo1891
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ix. 56 The deyr, so deidly woundit..enteris in his stall..wyth mony grank and grone.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [noun]
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i-mone1297
bemoaningc1300
groanc1325
moan1599
moaning1724
granking1807
1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 48 Hout man! what signifies repeynin? Owr grankin, snifteran, twistin, tweynin.
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