Middle English Dictionary Entry
grundel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | grundel n. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE gryndle herring & MDu. grondel(e, MLG grundel(e groundling. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) ?A fish, a groundling; ?a bird [cp. L fringilla, ML frigellus]; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)584 : Fringulus, a grundyl.
b
- (1212) Bk.of Fees70 : Osbertum Grundel..et Sim' Grundel.