Old English Dictionary Entry

Grund-leás

Related words: 148, 10. On ðone grundlǽsan pyt, vi. 41, 23. (2) fig. :-- Ne biþ se ðurst gefylled heora gítsunga, ac seó grundleáse swelgend hæfþ swíþe manegu wéste holu on tó gadrianne, Bt. 7, 4, F. 22, 32. On hú grundleásum seáðe ꝥ mod þringþ

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1 grund-leás

Add: I. of an earthly pit, gulf, &c. (1) lit. bottomless, whose bottom has not been reached :-- Andlang hagan tó ðám grundeliésan pytte, C. D. quam praecipiti mersa profundo mens hebet, 4, 2; F. 6, 7. II. of the pit of hell and of its characteristics :-- Grundleás seáð tartarus, An. Ox. 23, 39. Hé helle séceð ... grundleásne wylm, Wal. 46. Þreá on helle, þæt syndon þýstro and hǽto grimme, grundleáse, Gen. 390. III. of immaterial things, boundless, insatiable :-- Ne mæg se wéla þá grundleásan gítsunga gefyllan nec opes inexpletam restinguere avaritiam queunt, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 2, 16. grund-leas

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᚱᚢᚾᛞ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)

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