Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GRUNDISWALLOW, n.comb. Sc. form of Eng. groundsel, the herb Senecio vulgaris or (more rarely) S. jacobaea (Sc. 1808 Jam., Bwk. 1853 G. Johnston Botany E. Borders 109; Mry., Clc. 1886 B. & H. 236; ne.Sc., Ags. 1955). Other forms are grundieswallow, grundy-, groundie-, grunny-, gruni-, -swall(-ie, -y, -eh, -iss), grinning swallow; grounieswell, grun(n)ishule, -stule; grunsel(l), -shil.
[O.E. (10th c.) grundeswyliȝe (gunde-, 7th c.), of uncertain derivation. Not recorded in O.Sc.]
