grundlinga

Old English

Etymology

From grund (“ground”) +‎ -linga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrund.lin.ɡɑ/, [ˈɡrund.liŋ.ɡɑ]

Adverb

grundlinga

1. completely, totally, to the ground, to the root
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Æfter þisum ġebede, bærst ūt of heofonum swȳþe fǣrlīċ fȳr and forbernde þæt templ, and ealle þā godas grundlunga suncon intō þǣre eorþan, and ne ætēowdon siþþan.

     After this prayer, a very sudden fire burst out of the heavens and burned up the temple, and all the gods sunk completely into the earth, and have not appeared since.

References

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