adv. Obs. or dial. [ad. Norse á grúfu on the belly, face down; more commonly expanded in ME. to on grufe: see GRUFE and GROVELING.] With face downward, prone. (In common use in Sc. and North Eng. dial.)
1638. Adamson, Muses Thren., 112 (Jam.). Agruif lay some, others with eyes to skyes.
