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Gruf vs Gruft - What's the difference?

gruf | gruft |

As an adverb gruf

is (obsolete) forwards; with one's face to the ground.

As a noun gruft is

(dialect) the particles of soil that are spattered up onto grass by the rain.

gruf

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (obsolete) forwards; with one's face to the ground
    • They fellen gruf , and cryed piteously. — Chaucer.
    (Webster 1913)

    gruft

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (dialect) the particles of soil that are spattered up onto grass by the rain
    • A gruft which adheres to the grass in wet weather.