bryngen to ground

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bryngen to grund, bryngen to grounde

Verb

bryngen to ground (third-person singular simple present bryngeth to ground, present participle bryngynge to ground, first-/third-person singular past indicative broghte to ground, past participle broght to ground)

1. (transitive) bring to ground
   • c. 1200, Ormin 11773:

     Þatt illke wise þatt Adam I Paradys wass fandedd, & brohht to grund.

   • 1297, R. Glouc. 1292, (Rolls):

     Þis lond was ibroȝt þoru treson verst to grounde.

   • c. 1400, Destr. Troy 9342:

     Hit greuys me full gretly, & to ground brynges.

Descendants

• English: bring to ground