helle-grund
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Exon. 11 b; Th. 17, 4; Cri. 265: 16 a; Th. 35, 23; Cri. 562: Elen. Kmbl. 2608; El. 1305
Linked entry: hell-grund
mere-grund
The bottom of a sea or lake
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The bottom of a sea or lake, Beo. Th. 2902; B. 1449: 4207; B. 2100
mund-gripe
Hand-gripe ⬩ grasp
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Hand-gripe, grasp Ðæt hé þrittiges manna mægencræft on his mundgripe hæbbe, Beo. Th. 766; B. 380. Strenge getrúwode, mundgripe mægenes, 3072; B. 1534. Æfter mundgripe, 3880; B. 1938. Ðæt hé ne métte middangeardes on elran men mundgripe máran, 1510; B
ge-grind
A grinding or rubbing together ⬩ a noise ⬩ whizzing ⬩ clashing ⬩ commotion ⬩ collīsio ⬩ contrītio ⬩ frăgor
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A grinding or rubbing together, a noise, whizzing, clashing, commotion; collīsio, contrītio, frăgor Grímhelma gegrind the crashing of helmets, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 29; Exod. 330 : 95; Th. 124, 15; Gen. 2063. Geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg the abyss
un-grund
Bottomless ⬩ boundless ⬩ immense
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Bottomless, boundless, immense Ðæs heriges hám eft ne com ealles ungrundes ǽnig of that host, all boundless as it was, not one came home again, Cd. Th. 209, 32; Exod. 508
un-grynde
Bottomless ⬩ deep
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Bottomless, deep, Exon. Th. 354, 21; Reim. 49
wésten-gryre
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The terror of the wilderness, terror inspired by the wilderness, Cd. Th. 185, 4; Exod. 117
wír-grǽfe
A myrtle-grove
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A myrtle-grove Wírgrǽfen (-an?) mirteta Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 18; 57, 5
for-grind
Similar entry: for-grindan
grunde-hirde
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grund-hirde
grunde-swelge
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Gundesuilge, gundaesuelgiae, -suelgae senecen, Txts. 97, 1850. Grundeswelge sin(i)tea vel senecion, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 26. Grundeswelige sinitia, 79, 7. Grundeswylie senicia, An. Ox. 56, 379. Grundswylige senecio, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 42
grund-leás
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Add: of an earthly pit, gulf, &c. lit. bottomless, whose bottom has not been reached Andlang hagan tó ðám grundeliésan pytte, C. D. v. 148, 10. On ðone grundlǽsan pyt, vi. 41, 23. fig. Ne biþ se ðurst gefylled heora gítsunga, ac seó grundleáse
grund-stán
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Add: A ground-stone (v. N. E. D.) Grundstánas cementa, i. petre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 64
grund-staþelian
grund-wæg
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A foundation,' and add: Cf. eorþ-weg, fold-weg, mold-weg
gryre-lic
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Ic eom gryrelic horrida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 33. Gryrelicum horrisonis, 30. v. on-gryrelic (?). Add
gryre-meaht
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A power that inspires terror, terrible power His (Antichrist's) hlísa and gryremiht bitf from sǽ tó sǽ, Wlfst. 195, 20
helle-grund
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hell-grund
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the depth of hell Þú in hellgrundes (helle-, v.l.) ástige, Angl. xii. 507, 8
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