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BRIM

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
BRIM, brym, es; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§344;
Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the sea; æstus aquæ, mare, pelagus = πέλαγος, æquor
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  • Brim sceal sealt weallan

    the salt sea shall foam.

    • Menol. Fox 552
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 45
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 884
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    • An. 442: 3147
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    • An. 1576
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    • Cd. 166
      • ;
    • Th. 208, 2
      • ;
    • Exod. 477
      • :
    • Exon. 95 b
      • ;
    • Th.356, 6
      • ;
    • Pa. 7.

  • Beáteþ [MS. beataþ] brim staðo [MS. stæðo]

    the sea beats the shores.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 991
      • ;
    • An. 496.

  • Wæs þrim blóde fáh

    the sea's surface was stained with blood,

    • Beo. Th. 3192
      • ;
    • B. 1594: 1699
      • ;
    • B. 847.

  • Ic of fæðmum cwom brimes

    I came from the bosom of the sea,

    • Exon. 103 b
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    • Th. 392, 13
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    • Rä. 11, 7
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 884
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    • An. 442
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 5599
      • ;
    • B. 2803.

  • On ðám brádan brime

    on the broad ocean,

    • Exon. 55 a
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    • Th. 194, 20
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    • Az. 142
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    • Elen. Kmbl. 505
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    • El. 253
      • :
    • Menol. Fox 423
      • ;
    • Men. 213.

  • Brimo fæðmaþ [MS. fæðmeð] in ceastra gehwǽre

    the seas surround [them] in every city,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1941
      • ;
    • El. 972.

  • Ealle him brimu blódige þuhton

    all the waters seemed bloody to them,

    • Cd. 170
      • ;
    • Th. 214, 20
      • ;
    • Exod. 572
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 106, 28
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    • Beo. Th. 1145
      • ;
    • B. 570.

  • Cealde [MS. ceald] brymmas

    cold seas,

    • Chr. 1065
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    • Erl. 196, 31
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    • Edw. 12.

  • Engle and Sexe becómon ofer bráde brimu

    Angles and Saxons came over the broad seas,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Th. 208, 5
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 71
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1037
      • ;
    • An. 519.
Etymology
[
Icel. brim, n. surf, the sea:
Sansk. bhram to agitate, fluctuate
.]
Linked entries
v.  brym.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BRIM.” 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/5144.

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  • BRIM, n.

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