Past tense of grutch; to begrudge or feel resentment about something, usually in Scottish or dialectal English.
From Middle English grutchen, possibly from Old Norse or Scandinavian roots meaning to grind or grate (like teeth grinding), evolved to mean grudging or complaining.
Scottish English kept words like 'grutched' alive while they disappeared from standard English—it's why dialects are like time capsules that preserve medieval vocabulary that educated people forgot.
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