grundeswelge

Old English

Alternative forms

• grundeswylige, gundesuilge, grundeswelige, grundeswylie, grundswylige

Etymology

From grunde (“ground, bottom, abyss”) +‎ swelge (“to swallow, to eat up”).

Noun

grundeswelge f

1. groundsel

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grunde-swelge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.