Grund-weall

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

grund-weall
Add: I. physical. (1) the foundation of a building :-- Hús bútan grundwealle, Lk. 6, 49. Swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þam grundweallum (a fundamentis), Gr. D. 236, 14. (2) the lowest part of a mountain :-- Grundwellas munta, Ps. L. 17, 8. II. figurative. (1) of persons :-- God sceal beón grundweall þínes lífes, Wlfst. 247, 6. Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall on ðǽre hálgan gelaðunge búton ðone ðe ðǽr geléd is, ꝥ is Hǽlend Críst. Hé is se grundweall þǽre hálgan cyrcan, Hml. Th. ii. 588, 19-22. (2) of things :-- Mid tealtriendum grundwealle nutabundo (integritatis) fundamento, An. Ox. 3880. grund-weall
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