Old English Dictionary Entry

Grund-weall

Part of speech: es; Related words: grund-wæg. grund-weall

Definitions

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1 grund-weall

m. A foundation :-- Ðes grundweall hoc fundamentum, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 60. Ic lecge grundweall fundo, 37; Som. 39, 20. Se cræft is eallra bóclícra cræfta ordfruma and grundweall that art is the beginning and foundation of all literary arts, 50; Som. 51, 2: Wrt. Voc. 81, 6. Se grundweall ðara munta fundamenta montium, Ps. Th. 17, 7: Lk. Skt. 6, 48, 49: Homl. Th. ii. 588, 20: Chr. 654; Erl. 29, 11: Bt. Met. Fox 7, 67; Met. 7, 34. [Orm. grunndwall: cf. Ger. grundmauer.]

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᚱᚢᚾᛞ-ᚹᛠᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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