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Webster 1913 Edition


Gruf

Gruf

(grŭf)
,
adv.
[Cf.
Grovel
.]
Forwards; with one’s face to the ground.
[Obs.]
They fellen
gruf
, and cryéd piteously.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


gruf

gruf

English

Adverb

gruf (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) forwards; with one's face to the ground
    They fellen gruf, and cryed piteously. Chaucer.