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wæl-grim

  • adjective
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wæl-grim, wæl-grimm; adj.
Cruel, destructive
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  • Wælgrim, unhére funestus, crudelis, perniciosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 63:

    violentus,

      Germ. 399, 467.
of living things,
bloodthirsty, cruel
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  • Hwæt standest ðú (the devil) wælgrim (the MS. breaks off here) ... ?

    quid adstas cruenda bestia ?

      Blickl. Homl. 227, 26.

  • Wælgrim wiga,

      Exon. Th. 396, 21; Rä. 16, 8.

  • Heó wæs ǽryst hǽðen and wælgrim,

      Shrn. 139, 5.

  • Ðone Iacóbum se wælgrimma hyrde (

    Herod

    ) ácwealde mid sweorde,
      108, 23.

  • Hí wælgrimme wyrmas slítaþ,

      Wulfst. 139, 10: Dóm. L. 210.
of other than living things,
cruel, dire, destructive
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  • Hunger se hearda, wælgrim werum,

      Cd. Th. 109, 1; Gen. 1816.

  • Níð wæs réðe, wællgrim werum,

      83, 23; Gen. 1384.

  • Hé geseah wíde fleógan wælgrimme réc (

    the smoke from the burning cities of the plain

    ),
      155, 26; Gen. 2578.

  • Wælgrimme wyrd (

    the fall of man

    ),
      61, 12; Gen. 996.

  • Ðé sind heardlícu, wundrum wælgrim (wel-,

      MS.) wítu geteohhad, Exon. Th. 258, 12; Jul. 264.

  • Gefyistan of ðám wælgrimmum. tintregum,

      L.E.I. proem.; Th. ii. 396, 4.

  • Þolian wælgrim wítu,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2829; An. 1417.

  • Wæs ðis gefeoht waelgrimre and strengre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum

    strages cunctis crudeliores prioribus,

      Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 24.
  • Cf. wæl-hreów.
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v.  wæl-hreów.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wæl-grim.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34325.

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