grue

[groo]

verb (used without object), grued, gru·ing. Chiefly Scot.

to shudder.

Origin of grue

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325

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Historical Examples of grue

Still, that general staff tag for Mr. Grue tickled us a bit.
Torchy and Vee
Sewell Ford
Grue or grew; to turn from with disgust:—'He grued at the physic.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland
P. W. Joyce
I wadna ca' them that on the tap of Ben-Nevis without a grue.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847
Various
Suddenly there was a flash; a flurrying cloud of blue mud; and Grue was gone.
Police!!!
Robert W. Chambers
But which it was—the loss of her or the loss of Grue, I had not yet made up my mind.
Police!!!
Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for grue

grue

noun

a shiver or shudder; a creeping of the flesh

verb (intr)

to shiver or shudder

to feel strong aversion

Word Origin for grue

C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Swedish grua, Old Danish grue; related to German graven, Dutch gruwen to abhor

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