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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1548
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(Ground-,) Grownd-, Grond-wal(l, n. [ME. grownd-, groundwalle, earlier grundwal(l, OE. grundweall.] The foundation of a wall; also transf. and fig. — a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 669.
Paule to Petir thus can say: ‘Pece be to thé, grownd-wall’ a1400 Ib. xxiii. 7.
This … of oure treutht is grond-wal a1400 Ib. xlii. 81.
For the grownd-wal of my thocht Ma nocht falȝe 1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 220.
Workmen ar begwin to cast the grownd wall off ane dyk
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