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Quotation dates: 1420, 1490-1621
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Grund, v. Also: grwnd. [Northern ME. grund (a 1300), f. Grund n. The form (as in the noun) is rare before 1500.] = Ground v. , in various senses.(1) c1420 Wynt. viii. 411.
In morale Phylosophi and naturale He wes grwndyt perfytly 1533 Boece ii. ii. 59 b.
Thai suld cheis wise men grundit in vertew to be thare preceptouris(2) 1490 Irland Mir. I. 54/15.
A tre weill grundit jn the erd, that has the rute weill festynnit(3) 1533 Gau 28/24.
Al chrysyne man suld grund and fessyne thir xii artikils of faith … witht the halle writ 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 480.
I schrynk noch anys correkkit for to be With ony wight grundit on cherite 1564 St. A. Kirk S. 195.
Baptism … is nocht grundit upon Scriptur a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xiv. 73.
Grund all thy doing vpon suthfastnes a1570-86 Ib. xx. 20.
Grund ȝow vpone treuth 1621 Highland P. III. 310.
To kno if he grunded himselue upon anie resons in that cours(4) 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XIII. 76.
Ane counterclaith grundit & vnfillit vp
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