1623 R. Jennings tr. C. Aslakssøn iv. 28 By faith stayed Abraham as in a strange land..for hee expected that sure founded Citie [L. civitatem illam habentem fundamenta], whose former and maker was God.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer I. i. 278 I build my claim Sure-founded on a fair Maternal fame.
1933 A. Waugh iv. 65 When a country's as sure-founded as this one is, nothing can go wrong with it for long.