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grimetan

  • verb [ weak ]
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grimetan, grymetan, grimetian; p. ode, ede
To rage, roar, make a loud noise, grunt; fremere, rugire, grunnire
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  • Synfull tóþum torn þolaþ teónum grimetaþ

    peccator dentibus suis fremet,

      Ps. 111, 9.

  • Grimme grymetaþ

    fiercely roars,

      Exon. 128 a; Th. 491, 22; Rä. 81, 3.

  • León-hwelpas grymetigaþ

    catuli leonum rugientes,

      Ps. Th. 103, 20.

  • Ðá awédde he and grymetede

    he went mad and cried aloud,

      Th. Anal. 125, 8: Ps. Spl. 37, 8.

  • Ecg grymetode

    loud rang the blade [as it was drawn from the sheath],

      Cd. 162; Th. 203, 24; Exon. 408.

  • He gristbitade and grymetade

    he gnashed his teeth and raged,

      Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 15; Jul. 598.

  • Sume sceoldan bión eaforas and ðonne hí sceoldan hiora sár siófian ðonne grymetodan hí

    some had to be boars and when they should lament their misfortune then they grunted,

      Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 35.

  • Grymetedon,

      Bt. Met. Fox 26, 163; Met. 26, 81.

  • Forhwon grymetedon þeóda

    quare fremuerunt gentes?

      Ps. Spl. C. T. 2, 1.

  • Grymetigan

    to roar,

      Bt. Met. Fox 13, 58; Met. 13, 29.

  • Fíf manna sáwla hreówlíce gnorniende and grimetende

    five men's souls miserably wailing and crying out,

      Homl. Th. ii. 350, 28.

  • Grimetende

    rugientes,

      Ps. Spl. 103, 22.

  • Swíðe grymetende

    cum ingenti murmure,

      Nar. 14, 27.

  • Brim grymetende

    the roaring ocean,

      Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 6; Pa. 7.

  • Swá grymetigende leó

    as a roaring lion,

      Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 22.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “grimetan.” 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/17510.

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