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of personal action.
where pain, injury, &c., are caused by agent, or where anger, displeasure, &c., are felt or expressed
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  • Forgrípan gumcynne grimme and sáre,

      Gen. 1275.

  • Grimme ic eom begangen, for ðon ic gnornige

    contristatus sum in exercitatione mea,

      Ps. Th. 54, 2.

  • Hé eorlum onmǽlde grimme,

      Dan. 211.

  • Hé hæfde styrne mód gegremed grymme,

      Gen. 61.
where the agent suffers
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  • Ðǽr is máðma hord grimme geceápod (

    dearly purchased

    ),
      B. 3012.
  • Grimme gegongen, 3085.

  • Banan heardlíce grimme ongieldað,

      Sal. 132: Gú. 959.

  • Grimme greótan

    to bewail bitterly,

      Sal. 376.
  • I a. of personifications :---

  • Án wiht ... grimme grymetað ... Módor is ...,

      81, 3.
of the effect or condition of things
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  • Bryne grimme gemencged,

      Wlfst. 26, 7: 94, 2.

  • Smylte sǽ súðerne wind oft grimme gedréfeð,

      Met. 5, 8.

  • Him grimme on woruldsǽlda wind wráðe bláweð,

      7, 51.

  • Þæt sceal wrecan sweart líg sáre and grimme,

      Gen. 2415: Cri. 971.

  • Secg wundað grimme,

      Rún. 15.

  • Ofn wæs gegléded swá hé grimmost mihte,

      Dan. 227.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. grimme atrociter, saeve.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “grimme.” 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/51219.

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