Etymology

ME groffe + the native suffix –ling(e)s; see also grouelyng.

PGmc Ancestor

*grūƀ-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

grúfa (n.) ‘position of being face-downwards’, in phrase á grúfu 'bent over, in a grovelling position’
(ONP grúfa (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far á grúgva, Norw gruv

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

B2c

Attestation

MED’s few citations are all N/EM.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 5276

Bibliography

MED grōvelinges (adv.), OED grovellings (adv.), EDD grouf (sb. and v.), de Vries grúfa, Mag. grúfa, Orel *ʒrūƀēnan