Third person singular or plural form of grutch; to complain or show resentment about something.
Related to grutched, from Middle English grutchen, with possible Scandinavian origins meaning to complain or express displeasure.
The fact that 'grutches' survives mainly in Scottish English shows how regional dialects preserve entire verb systems that have vanished from standard modern English.
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