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Grunsel

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of groundsill (“threshold”). alt-of, obsolete

    "Next came one Who mourn'd in earnest, when the Captive Ark Maim'd his brute Image, head and hands lopt off In his own Temple, on the grunsel edge, Where he fell flat […]"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of groundsel (“any of several species of Senecio, a genus of the daisy family”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Basked in the sun, or plunged into thy stream's [1.20] Alternate, all a summer's day, or coursed Over the sandy fields, and dashed the flowers Of yellow grunsel […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gronsell, grounsel, grownsel, variant of groundselle. More at groundsill.

Etymology 2

From Middle English grundeswülie. More at groundsel.

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