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grund-weall

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
grund-weall, es; m.
A foundation
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  • 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.
Etymology
[
Orm. grunndwall
; cf.
Ger. grundmauer.
]
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v. grund-wæg.
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