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.]