What is "grounde"

Usage examples of "grounde".

Gawayn graythely hit byde3, and glent with no membre, Bot stode stylle as the ston, other a stubbe auther That ratheled is in roche grounde with rote3 a hundreth.

This subtil clerk swich routhe had of this man, That nyght and day he spedde hym that he kan To wayten a tyme of his conclusioun, This is to seye, to maken illusioun By swich an apparence or jogelrye- I ne kan no termes of astrologye- That she and every wight sholde wene and seye That of Britaigne the rokkes were aweye, Or ellis they were sonken under grounde.