A litel grounde well tilled, A litel house well filled, A litel wife well willed, Would make him live that were halfe killed.
And weare it not that oure grounde lieth in the common fieldes, intermingled one with another, I thincke also oure fieldes had been inclosed, of a common agreement of all the townshippe, longe ere this time.
And when he had told it vnto his father and his brethern/ his father rebuked him and sayde vnto him: what meaneth this dreame which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the grounde before the?
When Ioseph came home/ they brought the present in to the house to him/ which they had in their handes/ ad fell flat on the grounde befor him.
For when thou tyllest the grounde she shall h[~e]ceforth not geve hyr power vnto the.
And his brethren came/ and fell flatt on the grounde before him.
And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe/ and they fell on the grounde before him.
And Lot sawe th[~e]/ and rose vp agaynst them/ and he bowed hym selfe to the grounde with his face.
In the xvij yere of the same Prioresse, be the help of God and of goode cristen men sche began the grounde of the same dortoure that now stondith, and wrought thereupon fulli vij yere betymes as God wolde sende hir good.
C, whiche haue a grounde lyne, that is to saye, B.
B, which is the grounde line, and maketh the triangle, that I would haue, for the angle C.
Al equal triangles that are made on one grounde line, and rise one waye, must needes be betwene one paire of parallels.
All likeiammes that haue equal grounde lines and are drawen betwene one paire of paralleles, are equal togither.
All triangles hauinge one grounde lyne, and standing betwene one paire of parallels, ar equall togither.
Hee was content to suffre men there to fall downe flat vppon the grounde and worship him, and accustomed the victors of so many nacions, by litle and litle to seruile offices, couetinge to make them like vnto his Captiues.
And I seide, "The same Save yow fro myschaunce, And gyve yow grace on this grounde 5020 Goode men to worthe!
Ac hir sauce was over sour, And unsavourly grounde In a morter post mortem Of many a bitter peyne, But if thei synge for tho soules, And wepe salte teris.
For what avayleth to eche man his corne, Tyll it begrounde by such men as we be?
This sleve is not willyng to be sewed I trowe, A small thing might make me all in the grounde to throwe.
Much was redy with a bolte, Redly and anone, He set the monke to fore the brest, 75 To the grounde that he can gone.
They used to role their barleygrounde after a showr of rayne, to make the grounde even to mowe.
Many of hem he felte yete And dede to grounde made hem falle.
Sire Bryer of Poyle a Romayne to fraye Ferumbras slew Sir He bare through witħ a spere, Bryer of Apulia Dede to the grounde ther he lan̄ 516 Might he no more hem dere!
He smote Sauaryz as he were madde, and was slain by That dede to grounde he felle.
He lai cryande at the grounde portcullis fall, Like a develle of Helle; 436 which crushed him to Through the Cite wente the sowne, the ground, So lowde than gan he yelle.
Reyst groundeif it be dry, will bringe much corne, for the mosse will rotte, and the moll hillockes will amende the ground wel.
For one Shephearde or Heardman is ynoughe to eate up that groundewith cattel, to the occupiyng wherof aboute husbandrye manye handes were requisite.
Cottage or Buyldinge fower acres of Grounde at the least .
The grounde decked with small hearbes, and adorned with all sorts of sundrie flowers, abounding with solace and quiet ease.
Upon the grounde traylynge ruthfully behynde Se howe he auengyd Patroclus his frende.
After this first supplie there were some few poore howses built, & entrance made in cleeringe of grounde to the quantitye of foure acres for the wholl Collony, hunger & sickness not permitting any great matters to bee donne that yeare.
The carlish knight is safe for mee, And free fro mortal harme: 10 On magicke grounde his castle stands, And fenc'd with many a charme.
On magicke grounde that castle stoode, And fenc'd with many a spelle: Noe valiant knighte could tread thereon, 55 But straite his courage felle.
Like warriers if nede bee, ye must shew your strength The man that this day hath thus begiled you, Is Ralph Roister Doister, whome ye know well mowe, The moste loute and dastarde that euer on grounde trode.
This sleue is not willyng to be sewed I trowe, A small thing might make me all in the grounde to throwe.
Or he was dede, the gret press come so fast, Our him to grounde thai bur Boyd at the last.
The hardy Scottis rycht awfully thaim abaid; 575 Brocht feill to grounde throuch weid that weill was maid; Perssyt plattis with poyntis stiff off steill; Befors off hand gert mony cruell kneill.
In Aperill quhen cleithit is, but weyne, The abill grounde be wyrking off natur, 10 And woddis has won thar worthy weid off greyne.
To grounde he fell, feile folk about him thrang, Tresoune!
Than thai to grounde all kneland at the last, With humyll hartis prayit with all thair mycht, To God abowne to help thaim in thar rycht.
For this is their question: Is it not lauful, that women haue their right and inheritance, like as the doughters of Zalphead were commanded by the mouth of Moses to haue their portion of grounde in their tribe?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grounde" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
