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GRUND

  • noun [ masculine ]
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GRUND, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§111; §315; §395;
ground, bottom, foundation; fundus, fundamentum
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  • Grund

    fundamentum,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 29: 6, 48: Rtl. 82, 34.
  • Ǽlc sǽ ðeáh heó deóp sý hæfþ grund on ðære eorþan

    every sea, though it be deep, hath its bottom in the earth,

      Lchdm. iii. 254, 20.
  • Hordweard sóhte georne æfter grunde

    the keeper of the hoard sought eagerly along the floor [of the cave],

      Beo. Th. 4577; 13. 2294: 5523; B. 2765: 5510; B. 2758.
  • Grunde getenge deep in the earth, i. e.

    lying, as it were, at the bottom of a hole,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2226; El. 1114.
  • Me to grunde teáh

    he drew me to the bottom [of the sea],

      Beo. Th. 1111; B. 553: Cd. 39; Th. 51, 29; Gen. 834.
  • Ufan to grunde

    from top to bottom,

      228; Th. 309, 2; Sat. 703: 229; Th. 310, 15; Sat. 726: Salm. Kmbl. 61; Sal. 31.
  • Sió gítsung ðe nǽnne grund hafaþ

    avarice which hath no bottom,

      Bt. Met. Fox 8, 92; Met. 8, 46.
  • Mid fótum ne mæg grund gerǽcan

    cannot reach the bottom with his feet,

      Salm. Kmbl. 453; Sal. 227: Beo. Th. 2739; B. 1367: Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 34; Wol. 29.
ground, earth, land, country, plain; terra, solum, campus
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  • Hie ðæt gild gebrǽcan and gefyldan eal óð grund

    they broke the idol to pieces and cast it all to the ground,

      Blickl. Homl. 221, 33.
  • Eal ðes ginna grund

    all this spacious earth,

      Exon. 116 a; Th. 445, 23; Dóm. 12: Cd. 5; Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104.
  • Eall eorþan grund

    all the earth,

      192; Th. 240, 5; Dan. 382.
  • We men on grunde

    we men on the earth,

      Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 39; Hy. 9, 39.
  • Neól ic fére and be grunde græfe

    prone I go and along the ground dig,

      Exon. 106 a; Th. 403, 3; Rä. 22, 2: 128 a; Th. 491, 23; Rä. 81, 3.
  • Geond ealne yrmenne grund

    through all the earth,

    14 b;
      Th. 30, 20; Cri. 481: 66 a; Th. 243, 14; Jul. 10: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 35: Gen. 134: 69; Th. 83, 31; Gen. 1388: Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 26; Ph. 118.
  • He grund gesóhte

    he fell to the ground,

      Byrht. Th. 140, 13; By. 287: Andr. Kmbl. 3199; An. 1602.
  • Grund and sund

    earth and sea,

      1494; An. 748.
  • Geond grunda fela

    through many lands,

      Exon. 87 a; Th. 326, 30; Víd. 136.
  • On grundum

    on earth,

    17 b;
      Th. 43, 1; Cri. 682: 18 b; Th. 46, 28; Cri. 744.
  • Of grundum, 18 a; Th. 44,

      13; Cri. 702.
  • Rúme grundas swilce eác réðe streámas

    spacious plains and fierce streams,

      Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 30; Jud. 349.
  • Gréne grundas,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1551; An. 777: Beo. Th. 2812; B. 1404: 4152; B. 2073: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 15 ; Ædelst. 15.
a depth, sea, abyss, hell; profundum, abyssus
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  • On sǽs grund

    in profundum maris,

      Mt. Kmbl. 18, 6.
  • On grund

    in abissum,

      Lk. Skt. 8, 31.
  • Grund eall forswealg

    the abyss swallowed up all,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3179; An. 1592.
  • Sǽs sídne grund

    the sea's spacious depth;

      Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 2; Sch. 40: Menol. Fox 323; Men. 113: Andr. Kmbl. 786; An. 393: 849: An. 425: Beo. Th. 3106: B. 1551.
  • Wese ic earmum gelíc ðe on sweartne grund syððan astígaþ

    ero similis descendentibus in lacum,

      Ps. Th. 142, 7.
  • Ic of grundum cleopode

    de profundis clamavi,

      129, 1.
  • Ofer deópnesse ealra grunda

    above the depth of all abysses,

      Blickl. Homl. 241, 9.
  • Deorce grundas

    in abysses,

      Ps. Th. 134, 6: Cd. 213; Th. 265, 19; Sat. 10.
  • Of grunde brymmes

    de profundo pelagi,

      Rtl. 61, 33.
  • Of helle grunde

    from the depth of hell,

      Blickl. Homl. 67, 21: 85, 4: 33, 19: 65, 14.
  • On helle grunde

    in the depth of hell,

      Th. Chart. 309, 8.
  • Hét hine ðære sweartan helle grundes gýman

    bade him rule the black hell's abyss,

      Cd. 18; Th. 22, 25, 31; Gen. 346, 349.
  • To grunde

    to hell,

      219; Th. 281, 9; Sat. 269: 227; Th. 304, 21; Sat. 633.
  • Gríp wið ðæs grundes

    stretch forth thy hands towards the abyss [hell],

      228; Th, 308, 31; Sat. 701.
  • Ðone deápan grund

    the deep abyss,

      Blickl. Homl. 103, 15.
  • Hátne grund,

      Cd. 224; Th. 295.13; Sat. 485.
  • Grimne grund,

      Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 16; Cri. 1527.
  • Súsla grund,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1885; El. 944.
  • Ðás grimman grundas

    these grim depths,

      Cd. 21; Th. 26, 15; Gen. 407: Cd. 219; Th. 280, 23; Sat. 260.
  • On ðám grundum helle tintreges

    in profundis tartari,

      Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 25: Salm. Kmbl. 976; Sal. 488.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. grund: Icel. grunnr the bottom [of the sea, etc.]: O. H. Ger. grunt fundus, profundum: Ger. grund: cf. Goth. afgrundiþa abyss; grundu-waddjus a foundation.]
Derived forms
DER. bryten-, sǽ-, wæter-grund; un-grund.
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