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grunsel

grunsel is the obsolete spelling of groundsill.

grunsel is the alternative form of groundsel.

Meaning of groundsill

Noun

groundsill (plural groundsills)

  1. (rare) A timber beam used as the foundation for a building.
  2. The lowest beam of a door-frame; the threshold.

Meaning of groundsel

Noun

groundsel (countable and uncountable, plural groundsels)

  1. Any of several widely-distributed plants, of the genus Senecio, having yellow, daisylike flowers.

Forms of grunsel

pluralgrunsels

Origin of grunsel

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

From Middle English grundeswülie. More at groundsel.

Questions about grunsel

What is grunsel the obsolete spelling of?
Grunsel is the obsolete spelling of groundsill.

Words near grunsel in the dictionary

  1. grunions
  2. grunkle
  3. grunkles
  4. Grunow
  5. Grunows
  6. grunsel
  7. grunsels
  8. Grunsky
  9. Grunskys
  10. Grunspan
  11. grunt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grunsel (page history and authors); groundsill (page history and authors); groundsel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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