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of an earthly pit, gulf, &c.
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bottomless, whose bottom has not been reached
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  • Andlang hagan tó ðám grundeliésan pytte,

      C. D. v. 148, 10.
  • On ðone grundlǽsan pyt, vi. 41, 23.
fig.
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  • 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

    quam praecipiti mersa profundo mens hebet,

      4, 2; F. 6, 7.
of the pit of hell and of its characteristics
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  • 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.
of immaterial things,
boundless, insatiable
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  • Ne mæg se wéla þá grundleásan gítsunga gefyllan

    nec opes inexpletam restinguere avaritiam queunt,

      Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 2, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “grund-leás.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51285.

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