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un-rím

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
un-rím, es; n.
A countless number, an incalculable number or amount,
Grammar
un-rím, without a following genitive
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  • Ðonne án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ unrím ástyred

    ut una dubitatione succisa innumerabiles aliae succrescant,

    • Bt. 39, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 216, 19.
Grammar
un-rím, with a genitive plural
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  • Ðǽr is unrím on ealra cwycra

    illic reptilia, quorum non est numerus,

    • Ps. Th. 103, 24: Shrn. 65, 24.
  • Hié in ðære eá áweóllon swá ǽmettan, swilc unrím heora wæs,

    • Nar. 11, 14.
  • Him com unrím wildeóra ðǽrtó,

    • Shrn. 118, 16: Met. 20, 190.
  • Him gelýfde leóda unrím,

    • 26, 40.
  • Reced weardode unrím eorla,

    • Beo. Th. 2480
    • ;
    • B. 1238.
  • Ðæt is herga mǽst, eádigra unrím,

    • Exon. Th. 352, 3
    • ;
    • Sch. 92.
  • Mid unríme þegna and eorla,

    • Met. 25, 7.
  • Þeáh hé áge ǽhta unrím,

    • 14, 4.
  • Betwuh óþerra unrím ǽwyrdleana

    inter alia detrimenta innumera,

    • Bd. 1, 3
    • ;
    • S. 475, 21: Andr. Kmbl. 1408
    • ;
    • An. 704.
  • Hé gehét unrím máþma

    promisit se ei innumera ornamenta largiturum,

    • Bd. 3, 24
    • ;
    • S. 556, 8: Exon. Th. 245, 12
    • ;
    • Jul. 43.
  • Wé witon unrím monna

    multos scimus,

    • Bt. 11, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 36, 2.
  • Hé ofslóh unrím Walana,

    • Chr. 605
    • ;
    • Erl. 21, 26: Cd. Th. 194, 15
    • ;
    • Exod. 261: 220, 13
    • ;
    • Dan. 70: Exon. Th. 270, 23
    • ;
    • Jul. 469.
  • Wíta unrím

    • Cd. Th. 22, 4
    • ;
    • Gen. 335: 48, 15
    • ;
    • Gen. 776.
Grammar
un-rím, with the verb in the plural :
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  • -- Beóð ðé áhylded fram wíta unrím, grimra gyrna ðe ðé gegearwad sind,

    • Exon. Th. 252, 33
    • ;
    • Jul. 172.
Grammar
un-rím, in the following the construction is peculiar, the word seeming indeclinable;
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  • -- Nalæs mid ánes mannes geþeahte, ac mid gesægene uníim geleáffulra witena

    non uno quolibet auctore, sed fideli innumerorum testium adsertione,

    • Bd. pref.
    • ;
    • S. 472, 25.
  • Bútan óþrum læssan unrím ceastra

    praeter castella innumera,

    • 1, 1
    • ;
    • S. 473, 28.
Grammar
un-rím, with a sing. gen. of word implying multitude
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  • Unrím heriges,

    • Chr. 937
    • ;
    • Erl. 112, 31.
  • Cnósles unrím,

    • Exon. Th. 430, 15 Rä. 44, 9.
  • Ðæt his ( of that race ) unrím á in wintra worn wurðan sceolde,

    • Cd. Th. 236, 21
    • ;
    • Dan. 324.
  • Eác ðám wæs unrím óðres mánes (cf. ðæt wæs tó-eácan óþrum unárímedum yflum, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 11),

    • Met, 1, 44.
  • Ðǽr wæs wunden gold on wán hladen, ǽghwæs unrím,

    • Beo. Th. 6261
    • ;
    • B. 3135.
  • Sió hálige cirice unrím folces beféhð mid ánfealde geleáfan

    innumeros sanctae ecclesiae populos unitas,fidei contegit,

    • Past. 15
    • ;
    • Swt. 95, 7: Exon. Th. 36, 1
    • ;
    • Cri. 569.
  • Hé geaf him gúðgewǽda ǽghwæs unrím,

    • Beo. Th. 5241
    • ;
    • B. 2624.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. un-rím (engiló).
]
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v. un-gerím, and following words.
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