Grund-leás

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - grund-leás

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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

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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