groundsel · noun1
- Old English · inherited fromgrundeswyliġe
- Middle English · inherited fromgrundeswülie
- English todaygroundsel
From Middle English grundeswülie, from Old English grundeswyliġe, grundeswelġe (“groundsel”), from grunde (“ground, bottom, abyss”) + swelge (“to swallow, to eat up”).
groundsel · noun2
Variant of groundsill, equivalent to ground + sill.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.