i Register
In some senses, grunsel is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
grunsel
noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
covered, lowly, north, yellow
VERB + GRUNSEL
flowers
GRUNSEL + NOUN
didst, ligh, schinnild, sir, thou
PREP.
on, upon, with
Definitions
noun
1
Obsolete spelling of groundsill (“threshold”).
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 […]
South beside the altar's ledge Fair Zenild drew her knife North upon the grunsel edge Sir Schinnild lost his life.
noun
1
Alternative form of groundsel (“any of several species of Senecio, a genus of the daisy family”).
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 […]
Travelled for some miles along the open country, which was all without hedgerows, sometimes arable, sometimes moorish, and often whole tracts covered with grunsel.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
501
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 […]
Wiktionary02
South beside the altar's ledge Fair Zenild drew her knife North upon the grunsel edge Sir Schinnild lost his life.
Wiktionary03
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 […]
Wiktionary04
Travelled for some miles along the open country, which was all without hedgerows, sometimes arable, sometimes moorish, and often whole tracts covered with grunsel.
Wiktionary05
If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail evermore the petlings, with sad brow, Will look for thee upon the holly bough, Where thou didst chirp thy signal note, ere on The lowly grunsel thou didst ligh
WiktionaryUsage Notes
Your note
not saved0 chars