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CIRM

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CIRM, cyrm, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
A noise, shout, clamour, uproar; strepitus, clamor, fragor, clangor
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  • Hlynn wearþ on ceastrum, cirm árleásra cwealmes on óre

    din was in the cities, the clamour of the shameless at the point of death,

    • Cd. 119
      • ;
    • Th. 153, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 2547
      • .
  • In the following references it is written cirm,
    • Exon. 20a
      • ;
    • Th. 52, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 836: 22b
      • ;
    • Th. 62, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 998: 36a
      • ;
    • Th. 118, 5; Gú. 235; 38a; Th. 125, 34; Gú. 364: 83b; Th. 314, 26; Mód. 20: Andr. Kmbl. 82; An. 41: 2476
      • ;
    • An. 1239
      • .

  • Cyrm, dyne

    fragor,

    • Mone B. 4413
      • .

  • Cyrm

    clangor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 4, 40
      • .

  • Wæs on eorþan cyrm

    a noise was on the earth,

    • Byrht. Th. 134, 61
      • ;
    • By. 107: Andr. Kmbl. 2252
      • ;
    • An. 1127
      • .

  • Hlúd herges cyrm

    loud was the shout of the host,

    • Cd. 148
      • ;
    • Th. 184, 14
      • ;
    • Exod. 107
      • .

  • Ic gehýre synnigra cyrm swíðe hlúdne

    I hear the uproar of sinners very loud,

    • 109
      • ;
    • Th. 145, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 2407
      • .

  • Cyrmum

    clangoribus,

    • Mone B. 6276
      • .
Derived forms
here-cirm, wíg-
Linked entries
v.  cearm cyrm.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CIRM.” 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/6234.

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