grovellingsadv.

Forms: Middle English groveling(e)s, Middle English grovelonges, Middle English–1500s grovelynges, ( -ys); northernMiddle English gruflinges, Middle English groflyngis; ScottishMiddle English grulingis, 1500s gruf(e)lingis, -lyngis, gruff(il)lingis, grouf(f)lings, groflins; 1800s dialect grubblings.

Etymology: < grovel v. + -lings suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgrovellings.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

= grovelling adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down

groofc1374

on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375

grovellingsa1400

grovellingc1400

agroofc1425

womblonga1475

grovellingly1548

prostrately1556

grovellingwise1561

flatlong1570

pronely1578

on one's grufe1788

ventre à terre1960

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17709 Þai fell..Gruflinges dun to erth plate.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11760 Al þair idels in a stund Grouelings fel vnto þe grund.

a1400–50 Alexander 5276 Þe pilars ware of purfire polischt & hewen, With gomes grouelings of gold.

c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Camden) xlvii Alle grouelonges in grounde.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iv. 54 Therfor, groflyngys thou shall be layde; Then when I stryke thou shal not se.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cv^v Schir gologras graithly can ga Grulingis to erd.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ii. 52 We plat law gruffillingis on the erd.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 96 Richt mony als la gruflingis on the grund, In thair bodie buir mony bludie wound.

1570 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Lekprevik) xi. 172 Grouflings to ground.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 258 He maid him lyttill reverence..bot leinitt doune groufflingis on the dask befoir him.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Grubblings, Phr. ‘to lie grubblings’, i.e. grovelling, with the face downwards.

in extended use.1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 75 If ye will sow Dates lay them all grouelynges toward the grounde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grovellings
释义	grovellingsadv. Forms: Middle English groveling(e)s, Middle English grovelonges, Middle English–1500s grovelynges, ( -ys); northernMiddle English gruflinges, Middle English groflyngis; ScottishMiddle English grulingis, 1500s gruf(e)lingis, -lyngis, gruff(il)lingis, grouf(f)lings, groflins; 1800s dialect grubblings. Etymology: < grovel v. + -lings suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgrovellings. Obsolete exc. dialect. = grovelling adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down groofc1374 on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375 grovellingsa1400 grovellingc1400 agroofc1425 womblonga1475 grovellingly1548 prostrately1556 grovellingwise1561 flatlong1570 pronely1578 on one's grufe1788 ventre à terre1960 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17709 Þai fell..Gruflinges dun to erth plate. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11760 Al þair idels in a stund Grouelings fel vnto þe grund. a1400–50 Alexander 5276 Þe pilars ware of purfire polischt & hewen, With gomes grouelings of gold. c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Camden) xlvii Alle grouelonges in grounde. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iv. 54 Therfor, groflyngys thou shall be layde; Then when I stryke thou shal not se. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cv^v Schir gologras graithly can ga Grulingis to erd. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ii. 52 We plat law gruffillingis on the erd. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 96 Richt mony als la gruflingis on the grund, In thair bodie buir mony bludie wound. 1570 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Lekprevik) xi. 172 Grouflings to ground. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 258 He maid him lyttill reverence..bot leinitt doune groufflingis on the dask befoir him. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Grubblings, Phr. ‘to lie grubblings’, i.e. grovelling, with the face downwards. in extended use.1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 75 If ye will sow Dates lay them all grouelynges toward the grounde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1400
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