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  • Grim

    dira,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 64.

  • Seó grimme

    atrox,

      1, 23.

  • Grimme

    acri,

      5, 25.

  • Grymme

    anxii,

      Germ. 399, 262.
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  • Mé feóndsceaða fæste hæfde grim on grápe,

      B. 555.

  • Babilone weard grim and gealhmód,

      Dan. 230.

  • Of þæs grimman deófles gewealdum álésan,

      Bl. H. 63, 3.

  • Cyrichatan hetole and leódhatan grimme,

      Wlfst. 164, 11.

  • Twégen menn deófulseóka hæbbende grimme (

    saeui

    ) swíðe, swá þætte nǽnig mæhte faran þurh wæge þǽm,
      Mt. R. 8, 28.
of personal actions, character, feelings, or utterances
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  • Wearð seó feohte tó grim,

      Mód. 66.

  • Wæs æt þám geongum grim andswaru,

      B. 2860.
  • Him bið grim sefa, 2043.

  • Onda tó ungemetlíce grim

    zelus immoderate saeviens,

      Past. 127, 3: Rä. 34, 5.

  • Grimre gúðe,

      B. 527.
  • Grimne gripe, 1148.

  • Hé hit mid suíðe grimmum edleáne geðryscð

    animum per asperam retributionem premit,

      Past. 239, 17.

  • Hé fǽhðo wið God grimme gefremede,

      An. 1389.
  • Grim gárgewinn, 960.

  • Grimra geþonca,

      Jul. 367.

  • Ic má fremede grimra gylta,

      Hy. 4, 27.

  • Heó him handleán forgeald grimman grápum,

      B. 1542.

  • Hé flýhð grimme gieltas,

      Ph. 461.

  • Hé habbað in gástcofan grimme geþóhtas,

      Leás. 13.

  • In þám grimmestan gǽstgewinne,

      Gú. 561.
of pain, disease, painful or destructive conditions
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  • Þonne biþ grimm winter, Archiv cxx. 297, 61.

  • Hell, grim græfhús,

      Sat. 708.

  • Grim gléda níð,

      Dan. 465: B. 2650.

  • Se grimma hunger,

      Rä. 44, 2: B. 102.

  • Grim gǽstcwalu,

      Gú. 651.

  • Grimre helle wíte

    trucis tartari tormento,

      An. Ox. 2217.

  • On hú grimmum seáðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mód,

      Met. 3, 1.

  • Grimme sorge

    acri angore,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 38.

  • Of þám grimman gryre,

      Dan. 439.

  • Feallan on grimne grund,

      Cri. 1527.

  • Þone grimman þurst

    diram sitim,

      Nar. 9, 20.

  • On þá grimman tíd,

      Cri. 1081.
  • Þoliað wé þreá, þæt syndon þýstro and hǽto grimme, grundleáse. Gen. 390.

  • Þé sind wítu þæs grim weotud,

      An. 1367.

  • Storm holm gebringeð in grimmum sǽlum,

      Gn. Ex. 52.

  • Grimre wræc

    acrior ultio,

      Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, 12.
of a painful or destructive implement or agency
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  • Heora geoguðe grimme líge fýr fæðmade

    juvenes eorum comedit ignis,

      Ps. Th. 77, 63.

  • Þú mé tóbrǽce bendas grimme

    disrupisti vincula mea,

      115, 7.

  • Hé ymbe þá herehúðe hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman,

      Wal. 62: 76.

  • Mid þý heardestan ... and mid þý grimmestan gumena gestreóna,

      Rä. 29, 3.
of crime, sin, &c.,
horrible, grievous
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  • Wrace þæs grimman mánes

    ultio diri sceleris, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, 13, Grimre synne (this is a gloss to the preceding passage ),

      Txts. 181, 37.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/51210.

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