girn vs repine

girn

verb
  • To whinge, moan, complain. 

  • To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition. 

  • To grimace; to snarl. 

noun
  • A vocalization similar to a cat's purring. 

repine

verb
  • To complain; to regret. 

  • To fail; to wane. 

How often have the words girn and repine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )