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the state of being terrified
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  • Ðurh hine gewyrð swá micel gryre, swá nǽfre ǽr on worulde ne gewearð,

      Wlfst. 19, 6.

  • Gryre se mǽsta,

      25, 19: 203, 4.

  • Ásprang micel óga and gryre ofer ealle ðá ungeleáffullan,

      Hml. Th. i. 470, 8.

  • Gryre and ege,

      Hml. S. 23, 83.

  • Gryre sceal for greggum,

      Gn. Ex. 149.

  • Siððan þæs gǽstes gryre ágiefen weorðeð

    after terror has become the portion of the spirit,

      Dóm. 21.

  • God sealde him wítes clom and egsan gryre (

    inspired him with terror

    ),
      Sat. 454: Dan. 593.
terribleness, what causes terror or horror
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  • Se légdraca, grimlic gryre,

      B. 3041.

  • Ne mæg nǽnig gryre máre geweorðan

    nor can any terrible time exceed this,

      Dóm. 43.

  • Hié of þám grimman gryre (the fiery furnace) glade treddedon, Dan. 439.Gyllende gryre

    (with the roaring waves of the Red Sea),

      Exod. 489.

  • Hine God ús onsende wið Grendles gryre (

    the terror caused by Grendel),

      B. 384 : Exod. 20.

  • Þá wudubeámas wagedon and swégdon þurh winda gryre

    flamine ventorum resonantibus undique ramis,

      Dóm. L. 8.

  • Þæt nǽfre Grendel swá fela gryra

    (terrible deeds)

    gefremede, hýnðo on
      Heorote, B. 591.

  • Gryrum

    horrendum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 32.

  • Án deófol árehte ánum ancran ealle helle gryras and yrmða and þára synfulra sáwla tintregan and súsla,

      Wlfst. 146, 18.
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v. heort-gryre.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gryre.” 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/51312.

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