Grunsel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grunsel is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of groundsill (“threshold”).
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of groundsill (“threshold”).
More Meanings
- Alternative form of groundsel (“any of several species of Senecio, a genus of the daisy family”).
Example Sentences
Blue skippers in sunny hours ope and shut Where wormwood and grunsel flowers by the cart ruts […]
South beside the altar's ledge Fair Zenild drew her knife North upon the grunsel edge Sir Schinnild lost his life.
"Yes; Messrs. So-and-so lets me go in their grounds and get the bird-seed. Yer see, I got grun'sel here, and plantain and chick-weed"
Travelled for some miles along the open country, which was all without hedgerows, sometimes arable, sometimes moorish, and often whole tracts covered with grunsel.
Word Forms
- grunsels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grownd, grounde, foundament, grist, grise, grize.
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