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storm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
storm, es ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §335;
a storm, tempest
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  • Storm nymbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 70 : procella, i. 52, 62 : 76, 45 :

    grando,

      Blickl. Gl.

  • Se swearta storm norðan and eástan

      , Met. 4, 22.

  • Se stearca storm,

      6, 11.

  • Seó réþnes ðæs stormes

    saevitia tempestatis,

      Bd. 5, 1 ; S. 614, 9.

  • Hé ofslóh on storme (

    grandine

    ) wíngeardas heora,
      Ps. Spl. 77, 52.

  • Mid ðý storme ðæs wintres

    hiemis tempestate,

      Bd. 2, 13 ; S. 516, 19.

  • Ðás stánhleoþu stormas cnyssaþ,

      Exon. Th. 292, 19 ; Wand. 101 : 307, 13 ; Seef. 23.

  • Storma

    nimborum,

      Hpt. Gl. 439, 71.

  • Stormum

    nimbis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 36.

  • On ðære hreón sǽ and on ðǽm miclan stormum,

      Past. 9 ; Swt. 59, 3.

  • Gescyrped mid ðære rinde wið ða stearcan stormas,

      Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 150, 8.

  • Seó lyft ábyrþ ealle wolcna and stormas, Lchdm. iii. 274, 10. Ia. fig. a storm of arrows :-- Strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo. Th. 6225 ; B. 3118. Ib.

    storm, disturbance, disquiet

    :-- Hwæt is ðonne ðæt ríce and se ealdordoom bútan ðæs módes storm, se biþ simle cnyssende ðæt scip ðære heortan,
      Past. 9 ; Swt. 59, 4.

  • Swelce eác tóætécte ðisse gedréfnisse storm Sǽberhtes deáþ,

      Bd. 2, 5 ; S. 507, 6.

  • Ða strongan stormas weoruldbisgunga,

      Met. 3, 3.
uproar, tumult
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  • Storm up árás æfter ceasterhofum, cirm unlytel hǽðnes heriges,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2474 ; An. 1238.

  • Storm up gewát heáh tó heofonum, herewópa mǽst,

      Cd. Th. 206, 30 ; Exod. 459.
violent attack, cf. to
storm a place
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  • Ðis is stronglíc, nú ðes storm becom, þegen mid þreáte (

    of the harrying of hell

    ),
      Cd. Th. 288, 26 ; Sat. 387.

  • Forstond ðú mec and gestýr him (

    the devils

    ), ðonne storm cyme mínum gǽste ongegn,
      Exon. Th. 455, 32 ; Hy. 4, 58.
Etymology
[O. Sax. storm : O. H. Ger. sturm procella, tempestas ; strepitus, agitatio, motus, seditio, tumultus : Icel. stormr a tempest ; tumult, uproar.]
Similar entries
v. styrman.
Linked entries
v.  stearm.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “storm.” 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/29083.

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