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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grond, var. (as occas. in ME. and e.m.E.) of Ground n. and Grund n. in various usual senses. (Freq. in the earliest MS. of Douglas).(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxiii. 433.
The emperoure thane fel to the grond [: stownd]
c1475 Wall. vii. 189.
Quhen Sampsone powed to grond the gret piller
1513 Doug. i. iv. 60.
Quhil he to grond had brocht sevin hartis grete
Ib. ii. iii. 58.
Down on the grond scho fell
Ib. iii. iii. 1; etc.
Euery beist on grond
(2) 1481 Peebles B. Rec. 188.
In the habytacion to be maid on the said grond
1493 Acta Conc. 307/1.
The wrangwis broiking of the said Robertis gronde
1510 Reg. Privy S. I. 325/2.
With power … gif the grond be nocht responsable for movable gudis to gar apprise the said grond
1520 Fife Sheriff Ct. 178.
The grond & manys of Craghall
1533 Boece i. viii. 53.
The wattir of Clyde … rynnys apoun the grond foresaid
(3) 1513 Doug. iii. ii. 54.
The ilke grond, fra quham the first stok cam Of ȝour lynnage
Ib. x. vi. 28.
The … bargis dyd rebound, Inrowand fast towart the Latyn grond
(4) a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 239.
The barn … That in the grond of the fat lay
(5) a1400 Leg. S. xlii. 74.
Sayand scho had fondit hir thocht One a grond that fallis nocht
1513 Doug. i. Prol. 470.
Grond of all gude, our Saluyour Jhesus
c1590 Fowler II. 111/16.
Far les had they any grond or essential being
Ib. 116/21.
Disordours … whichgeveth mater and grond to infinit murders

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